Arapiles18 5 - 1 FULGERU-URMENIS (383041268)

It was an exceptionally sunny day for the crowd of 27399 that came out to Metacarpio. Zdzisław Szmatuła was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Konstantin Lokot and Edouard Delplanque. Arapiles18 started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: De Graeve - Enrile, Verspeeten, Méndez Mercado - Moura, Márquez, Cavalcanti, Flos, Galobardes - Urcola, Bartha.

FULGERU-URMENIS had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. Lineup: Abu Shamma - Butucel, Gehart - Mróz, Gładysz, Staver, Mota Pinto, Lütje - Neurauter, Merz-Gerzabek, Nogué.

Today, FULGERU-URMENIS's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Arapiles18 fans held their breath as F. Urcola scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 1 - 0! After 26 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by R. Márquez might have resulted in another goal for Arapiles18. However, K. Abu Shamma made a spectacular save. Cheers filled the stadium as R. Márquez broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 2 - 0 to Arapiles18. After this, you could see that the players of Arapiles18 were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. With 34 minutes played, R. Márquez could have brought this one home for Arapiles18 as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. Coming from the right, A. Moura almost managed to score another goal for Arapiles18, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. 37 minutes into the game, G. Nogué had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came S. Villanueva. It was 2 - 0 at the break. Arapiles18 claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 67 percent.

The bench was restless, and with 46 minutes passed FULGERU-URMENIS's coach gave É. Heuze the opportunity the player had been hoping for. T. Mróz reluctantly left the field. Arapiles18 put themselves up 3 - 0 when F. Urcola broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave S. Villanueva from FULGERU-URMENIS a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 59 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! M. Lütje's speed was clear to see after 67 minutes, as he darted down the wing and released W. Neurauter who placed the ball into the back of the net to make the score 3 - 1. Arapiles18's V. Galobardes saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 70 minutes. The heat made it a terrible day for F. Verspeeten, who seemed unable to keep up with the other players. A. Enrile wanted to play on, but the Arapiles18 coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 76 minutes into the game by S. Orduña. R. Márquez struck a 30 metre free kick home 79 minutes into the match. 4 - 1 for the home team. The coach of Arapiles18 was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 80 minutes, X. Cerdeira came on for F. Urcola. I. Flos should probably have put his team up another goal after 84 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by K. Abu Shamma kept the visitors in the game. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Arapiles18 coach let G. Manoz replace V. Galobardes after 87 minutes. The visitors got a chance to pulling one back after 87 minutes, due to a defensive blunder leaving W. Neurauter completely unmarked. His strike was pathetic though, easy prey for the home side's keeper. Things were deteriorating for the away team as Arapiles18 scored another to make it 5 - 1 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for X. Cerdeira after 88 minutes. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Arapiles18, with 68 percent of the ball.

R. Márquez performed admirably for Arapiles18. S. Orduña turned in a dismal performance, however. FULGERU-URMENIS's top performer was clearly O. Merz-Gerzabek. S. Villanueva was a disappointment, however. The match ends 5 - 1.