Ardines 2 - 1 mOstOles (383057223)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and La Cuevona saw a crowd turnout of 20386. Martín Abate was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Olivier Fouque and Nicolas Hanson. Ardines tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Mader - Bizacki, Bacon, Mežaks - Domas, Compton, Lee, Ciya, Jonassen - Boulanger, Prorok.

mOstOles decided to use a 4-5-1 set up. They fielded: Vas - Ozores, Añón, Cruz, Piccon - Ugolini, Fideu, Labadessa, Damalos, Block - Puigcerver.

Ardines displayed their ability to play creatively. mOstOles saw most attack opportunities on the wings. Making his way up the middle 15 minutes into the match, R. Prorok almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert D. Vas blocked it to keep the score level. With 22 minutes played R. Prorok almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. Ardines's V. Mežaks placed the ball right at his teammate's feet after a corner, but A. Bizacki couldn't finish. Ardines's W. Lee left the field after 26 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was K. Bervoets. They were singing the praises of K. Bervoets 36 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 1 - 0 to Ardines. After 37 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by S. Domas might have resulted in another goal for Ardines. However, D. Vas made a spectacular save. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 0. Ardines claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 58 percent.

mOstOles had to make a substitution after 61 minutes. R. Añón limped off the field and was replaced by H. Carlsson. mOstOles needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 65 minutes J. Fideu made way for N. Shemer. R. Prorok unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. With 70 minutes played, the mOstOles coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. G. Cabezudo came on, Y. Damalos had to leave the fray. With 78 minutes played, Ardines put themselves up 2 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to S. Domas, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. Almost all the way down to the corner flag, mOstOles's M. Block somehow managed to get a perfect pass into the middle, impossible to miss for F. Puigcerver, who struck for 2 - 1. R. Prorok should probably have put his team up another goal after 82 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by D. Vas kept the visitors in the game. Ardines had most of the ball, with 54 percent of possession.

Ardines's best player was V. Mežaks. D. Mader on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important mOstOles player was G. Cabezudo. However, D. Vas made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 1.