garulos 1 - 0 Catalunya (383015149)

13900 spectators arrived at garulos FC Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Anders Floddahl was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Cor van der Kolk and Flavien Boulanger. People from all over Barcelona had joined up for the derby. garulos tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Schuhegger - Abramov, Boorsma, Roskam - Tourette, Violante, Casares, Constantinescu, Tellopoulos - Feuvrier, Riva.

A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Catalunya. Lineup: Pérez - Hasselmann, Janampa, Parchański, López Romero - Piscaer, Apostolović, Orcajada, Castrovido, Ohvo - Vidali.

garulos were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. Catalunya clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. 10 minutes of the match played, and a comedy of errors by the home side gave the visitors a chance at the lead, but I. Orcajada, after finding himself dashing down on goal from the left with only the keeper to beat, sliced his shot horribly wide. The referee showed garulos's S. Tellopoulos the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. 0 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to garulos, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.

53 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for garulos to take the lead after a good cross from the right found L. Violante alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. garulos had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. garulos made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left D. Constantinescu completely alone with keeper A. Pérez, who made a spectacular block. garulos broke through on the left 62 minutes into the game, with J. Riva firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 1 - 0 lead. garulos claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 54 percent.

Most important garulos player was L. Violante. C. Roskam on the other hand, had a terrible day. Catalunya's best player was M. Apostolović. S. Vidali was a disappointment, however. The match ends 1 - 0.