DISEMU-CORRE 1 - 0 LeVaNtAr (383086569)

The crowd of 15262 turning up at CORTES DE ARAGON today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Rudolf Ahammer was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ilya van Spronsen and Matti Mäntyniemi. DISEMU-CORRE decided to use a 5-4-1 set up. They fielded: Constantin - Wester, Farnés, Teszner, Fernandes Oliveira, Marakushin - Moutou, El-Ibrahim, Vujinović, Tännler - Guim.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for LeVaNtAr. Lineup: Mauk - Dohi, Velasco López, Denys, Dudek - Berrogaraia, Tennstaedt, Heuthaler, Kuszczak - Ariza, Zabina.

LeVaNtAr mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. D. Fernandes Oliveira didn't let the weather get him down and made some great moves on the pitch in spite of the rain. The rain made it hard for players like J. Guim to show their technical control of the ball on this soggy day. 43 minutes into the game, A. El-Ibrahim had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came D. Galinsola. LeVaNtAr's E. Heuthaler was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 44 minutes. Halftime score was 0 - 0. DISEMU-CORRE had most of the ball, with 58 percent of possession.

After 60 minutes, the LeVaNtAr coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving C. Denys off the field. F. Osborne took his place. Slack defending gave DISEMU-CORRE a chance to take the lead with 62 minutes played, but V. Marakushin's cross from the left flank was fumbled in front of the goal and easily dealt with by the opposition. The crowd gasped as F. Osborne of LeVaNtAr was flattened by an opponent after 85 minutes and had to be carried off. C. Donatiello came in off the bench. After 86 minutes, the home side was awarded a penalty. The visitors protested wildly but the referee was adamant. J. Guim easily put the ball away to give the lead to DISEMU-CORRE. 1 - 0 DISEMU-CORRE claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 58 percent.

DISEMU-CORRE's best player was V. Marakushin. On the other hand, G. Tännler's play was disheartening. K. Dudek performed admirably for LeVaNtAr. C. Donatiello was a disappointment, however. The match ends 1 - 0.