nexx 0 - 8 Sants (383075930)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Pandemonium saw a crowd turnout of 12000. Jelko Deyne was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jesús Charro and Robin Wäffler. nexx decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Lineup: Gerab - Navarro, Riu, Maine Sáenz, Planas - Nolla, de Liaño, Mendoza, Cervantes - Ulloa, Gilete.

Sants started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Codini - Rēznieks, Nabuurs, Planchensteiner - Moliner, Mughini, Coalla, Bonfeld, La Torre - Arciotti, Mercadó.

After 25 minutes, Sants put themselves up 0 - 1, as J. Mercadó finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. The visitors' V. Mughini took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 26 minutes into the match. 0 - 2 for Sants. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave J. Maine Sáenz from nexx a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 35 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Sants were forced into a substitution as V. Mughini couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing A. Cuello to come in off the bench. After 37 minutes, Sants raised their score by one when J. Moliner's dangerous low cross was cleverly tucked in at the near post by J. Mercadó. 0 - 3. After this, you could see that the players of Sants were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. After 37 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for J. La Torre who increased Sants's lead to 0 - 4. After 41 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed L. Bonfeld to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 5. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 5. Possession in this half belonged to Sants, who controlled the ball 79 percent of the time.

Sants increased their lead after 57 minutes when A. Cuello broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 6, much to the home crowd's dismay. Sants had to make a substitution after 62 minutes. J. Moliner limped off the field and was replaced by E. Mayer-Berg. G. Coalla of Sants took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 66 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 7. 68 minutes into the match, J. Mercadó came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. The Sants players could smell victory in the air. L. Bonfeld wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for L. Pedrerol after 70 minutes. J. Mercadó increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 8. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for J. Mercadó. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Sants, with 81 percent of the ball.

nexx's best player was E. Cervantes. However, A. Gerab made a disastrous appearance. G. Coalla performed admirably for Sants. On the other hand, E. Mayer-Berg's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 8.