zendepor 0 - 5 Vanguardia (383026941)

Clear skies welcomed the 21070 spectators who had made their way to riazor. Martin Westerén was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Mimis Dimitriou and Raoul Stolfi. zendepor had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Sarchiapelli - Di Pietro, Yepes, Mehlhorn - Ramakers, Hvilshøj, Zies, Størseth, Węglewski - Hegger, Gómez de Rivero.

Vanguardia tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Cătescu - Santoruvo, Heiligenstein, Pitt - Svensen, Obar, Ronda, Fuenlabrada, Mallo - Velev, Trautheim.

Pressing was the tactic of the day for zendepor. Vanguardia were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. The guests took the lead 12 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in U. Obar scoring to make it 0 - 1. A drive down the left side allowed U. Obar to get in close and score another goal for Vanguardia after 13 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 2. With 41 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed M. Fuenlabrada of Vanguardia to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 3. 42 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 4 as J. Svensen finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. Some fine movement on the left led to a Vanguardia goal after 43 minutes, making it 0 - 5. J. Svensen was noted down as the scorer. After this, you could see that the players of Vanguardia were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. The referee showed zendepor's N. Hvilshøj the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Vanguardia had to make a substitution after 44 minutes. L. Santoruvo limped off the field and was replaced by M. Kureš. It was 0 - 5 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to Vanguardia, who controlled the ball 68 percent of the time.

Vanguardia's P. Heiligenstein made it through the home team's defence on the right hand side 54 minutes into the match. After rounding the keeper, he only had to place the ball in the unguarded goal when a defender slid in and cleared the ball off the line. At this time in the match, zendepor were using their skill at pressing to successfully stifle the game. After the ball was lifted in from the left, S. Velev was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 58 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. U. Obar behaved like an inexperienced youth player after 59 minutes as he gave the ball away to H. Zies. Lucky for him though, there was no goal. With 61 minutes played, the zendepor coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. J. Toro Coronado came on, T. Hegger had to leave the fray. The game was close to savage at times, and zendepor's N. Hvilshøj received a second yellow card after 68 minutes; his ticket out of the game. Vanguardia were forced into a substitution as R. Ronda couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing D. Valderas to come in off the bench. The bench was restless, and with 71 minutes passed zendepor's coach gave N. Smulders the opportunity the player had been hoping for. H. Zies reluctantly left the field. With the scoreboard showing that 77 minutes had been played, Vanguardia nearly put themselves up another goal after N. Mallo came through on the left. Fortunately for the home crowd, the keeper made the save. zendepor's ability to press all over the field frequently paid dividends. Players in Vanguardia heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. Had it not been for one of the home defenders, S. Velev would have put Vanguardia up another goal 79 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. Vanguardia had most of the ball, with 73 percent of possession.

The most dominating zendepor player was without a doubt N. Gómez de Rivero. I. Yepes on the other hand, had a terrible day. Vanguardia's top performer was clearly M. Fuenlabrada. On the other hand, J. Svensen's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 5.