skudrios 0 - 3 Ulfo (383051103)

13182 spectators arrived at skudrios nou, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Keno Konetschig was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jan-Piet Noordam and Waldemar Pusemann. The derby had been the talk of Catalunya all week and fans of both teams could be seen throughout the stadium. skudrios tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Garza - Cillekens, Ortu, Bartolini - Gieysztor, Makuch, de Greef, Summers, Pekos - Groteboer, Endel.

A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Ulfo. The following players took the field: Cerviá - Mons, Cases, Bosoms, Miñón - Díaz de Cadorniga, Boyte, Ríos Argote, Bangueses, Ruffo - Caponis.

S. Ruffo of Ulfo was able to make an impressive rush past the sluggish G. Cillekens, which resulted in a goal making the score 0 - 1. skudrios's G. Gieysztor was shown a yellow card after 22 minutes for slicing down an opponent. 27 minutes into the game, Ulfo seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to solid. B. Miñón could have put his team up another goal 28 minutes into the game, after a rush down the left, but his closing shot hit the post. 36 minutes in, skudrios's A. Ortu received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. H. Bangueses of Ulfo had to be helped off the pitch as an injury meant he was unable to finish the game. T. Owe came in to finish the match. skudrios's P. Endel put his head to a high ball coming in from the right after 38 minutes, but the ball went wide. After 42 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed G. Bosoms to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 2. After this, you could see that the players of Ulfo were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. 0 - 2 was the halftime score. Ulfo enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 57 percent of possession.

The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that Ulfo had solid organisation. The visitors added to their lead 67 minutes into the game, after a sensational penalty kick by Ulfo's S. Caponis slid just past the home keeper. 0 - 3. The referee showed Ulfo's V. Díaz de Cadorniga the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Ulfo's M. Cases got himself booked for a foul. After the ball was lifted in from the left, B. Miñón was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 84 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. With the scoreboard showing that 85 minutes had been played, Ulfo nearly put themselves up another goal after S. Caponis came through on the left. Fortunately for the home crowd, the keeper made the save. 87 minutes into the game, Ulfo had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to passable. Ulfo claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 60 percent.

Most important skudrios player was A. Summers. G. Cillekens on the other hand, had a terrible day. B. Miñón performed admirably for Ulfo. A. Cerviá was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 3.