Al-Farolus 2 - 1 murcielago (383018038)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 34157 to Al Farolillo Rojus Estadium. Robert Carlyle was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ville Sukala and Sergio Tafalla. People from all over Comunitat Valenciana had joined up for the derby. Al-Farolus tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. Starters: Styopin - Baillet, Hanhikoski - Kolašinac, de Melker, Zingale, Casolari, Hurst - Teixeira, Chaplenka, Bjartmarsson.

murcielago started off with a 5-4-1 lineup. They fielded: Csata - Zekanović, Gálvez, Benavides, Ovadia, Väyrynen - Letzing, Westerlaken, d'Ursel, Ozores - Caldera.

Al-Farolus's U. Chaplenka tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. murcielago took the lead after S. Westerlaken curved a free kick into the net. 0 - 1 After a fatal mistake from the away team's right side defence 33 minutes into the match, an alert N. Kolašinac bagged the ball for Al-Farolus, levelling the score to 1 - 1. murcielago's S. Westerlaken got himself booked for a foul. After 41 minutes murcielago's W. d'Ursel contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. 1 - 1 was the halftime score. murcielago had most of the ball, with 51 percent of possession.

As the 61 minute mark approached, the Al-Farolus coach decided it was time for a substitution. O. de Melker reluctantly made way for Y. Mpitsikas on the pitch. Al-Farolus made it 2 - 1 as J. Baillet got a touch to the floated corner kick and flicked the ball to R. Hurst who whipped a low drive in off the far post. After 80 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by R. Bjartmarsson might have resulted in another goal for Al-Farolus. However, V. Csata made a spectacular save. 83 minutes were showing on the scoreboard when murcielago's S. Westerlaken received his second yellow card and was sent off. The player down was R. Hurst. The Al-Farolus bench looked worried for a while, but in the end he managed to get up. Al-Farolus enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 54 percent of possession.

Most important Al-Farolus player was R. Bjartmarsson. J. Baillet turned in a dismal performance, however. murcielago's top performer was clearly V. Csata. H. Ozores on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 1.