Javi 0 - 1 raulct (382996104)

22435 spectators arrived at Javi y Pau Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Alexander Jonas was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Mario Schmatzer and Enrico Diaz. Javi tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Echeberría - Polukhov, Jevtić, Lagos Mármol - Ślazyk, Papoulidis, De Grandis, Cassarani, Dalbi - Pache, Larsson.

A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for raulct. The following players had been chosen: Giúdice - Alagarda, Lelièvre, Rădulescu, Lukovics - Magens, Wabnic, Fallon, Fumega, Ayres - Zatoński.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of raulct. raulct had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially 19 minutes in when J. Wabnic came up alone against A. Echeberría who managed a block. S. Papoulidis neatly controlled the ball after a short corner, and knocked it on to K. Larsson who had the whole net open before him, but only managed to hit the post. With 24 minutes played, S. Papoulidis of Javi fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. At 27 minutes played, N. Jevtić came in from the right with the intention of giving Javi the lead, but his rocket of a shot rattled the crossbar. raulct's M. Fallon was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 31 minutes. P. Alagarda had a good try after 39 minutes, coming in on a fine move from the left, but the ball went wide. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 0. raulct enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 52 percent of possession.

Javi made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left K. Larsson completely alone with keeper E. Giúdice, who made a spectacular block. After 70 minutes, raulct's W. Zatoński made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 0 - 1. The referee showed Javi's N. Jevtić the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. A loud groan was heard from the fans of raulct, as M. Fumega left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. J. Eltink took his place on the field. A. Echeberría got a fingertip on R. Rădulescu's shot from the left 82 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by raulct, with 51 percent of the ball.

Most important Javi player was G. De Grandis. On the other hand, A. Echeberría's play was disheartening. The most dominating raulct player was without a doubt W. Zatoński. T. Lelièvre on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 1.