concor 0 - 3 Fortia (383014326)

Clouds darkened the skies at marcel hernández as 16746 spectators turned up for the match. Veikko Vuorikivi was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Stefano Caltabiano and Vaggos Xilas. concor started off with a 5-3-2 lineup. They fielded: Lavista - Roldán Caballero, Ruiz Carrillo, Venturina, Juvés, Ciordia - Saenz Rubio, Sidoli, Velarde Enjuto - Brusca, Ruiz de Alda.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Fortia. The following players took the field: Navarrete - Starosta, Messere, Cavarec - Kumpys, Ferro, Anikichev, Kapanen, Šestić - Leibetseder, Frishman.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of concor. B. Messere of Fortia seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 0 - 1 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by R. Frishman. Had it not been for one of the home defenders, R. Frishman would have put Fortia up another goal 9 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. 12 minutes into the match, R. Frishman came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. A counterattack by concor after 13 minutes could have resulted in a goal, but O. Juvés, coming in on the left, couldn't get the shot off. Some things can only be learned through experience, and O. Juvés should take his lesson to heart after nearly gifting Fortia a goal with 25 minutes of the match played. W. Ferro came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle. He tried to lift the ball over I. Lavista but overcooked it and hit the bar instead. After 29 minutes concor tried to exploit their counterattacking skills, unfortunately, F. Brusca's shot sailed wide after his break down the right. concor put pressure on the visitors' central defence 36 minutes into the game, but S. Ruiz de Alda couldn't find an opening. Fortia came close to extending their lead as Đ. Šestić delivered a low effort on goal from the right after 39 minutes, but the angle was too narrow and the shot went harmlessly into the side netting. concor were pushed back, and had many dangerous counterattacks. An impressive one came 40 minutes into the match, but E. Ciordia narrowly missed the free kick attempt that was awarded as a result of a foul. 0 - 1 was the halftime score. Fortia claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 57 percent.

Fortia's L. Kumpys had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 57 minutes having been played. M. Dragutinović was the replacement. After 58 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for R. Frishman who increased Fortia's lead to 0 - 2. M. Dragutinović of Fortia took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 59 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 3. The players of Fortia now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. Fortia's F. Starosta got himself booked for a foul. Fortia had most of the ball, with 57 percent of possession.

The most dominating concor player was without a doubt S. Ruiz de Alda. However, E. Ciordia made a disastrous appearance. Fortia's best player was R. Frishman. On the other hand, A. Navarrete's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 3.