Titanes 1 - 0 Espinete (383030394)

Dark skies made the crowd of 22609 at Camp Nou Square Garden a little nervous, but the rain held off. Dirk Dickhaut was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ulrich Hans Zedelius and Heliodoro Rodríguez. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Titanes. They fielded: Heseltine - Jovanović, Grière, Rantala, Amdi Nielsen - Pallas, Majkutewicz, Helland, Dier - Türksoyu, Leicht.

Espinete had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Munteanu - Saarland, Neiva, Saiao - Ashman, Serrano, Rubio, Nogueira, Freixenet - Pučkorius, Vilkanen.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Espinete. Titanes's S. Jovanović placed the ball right at his teammate's feet after a corner, but K. Amdi Nielsen couldn't finish. With 27 minutes played, seemingly due to lack of experience, L. Saarland needlessly tripped an opponent just outside the penalty area, but the free kick that followed didn't succeed. After 29 minutes, the visitors nearly went up a goal, but N. Vilkanen's free kick hit the crossbar. Halftime score was 0 - 0. Espinete had most of the ball, with 52 percent of possession.

With 60 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 1 - 0 lead as U. Rantala flipped the ball in after a cross from the right. Espinete needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 72 minutes A. Nogueira made way for L. Crom. The bench was restless, and with 74 minutes passed Espinete's coach gave R. Paez the opportunity the player had been hoping for. N. Vilkanen reluctantly left the field. With 82 minutes played, the visitors could have drawn level after M. Serrano came through the middle, but his kick went wide. Possession in this half belonged to Espinete, who controlled the ball 53 percent of the time.

The most dominating Titanes player was without a doubt U. Rantala. L. Dier on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Espinete player was I. Rubio. M. Munteanu turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 0.