eldudeteam 1 - 1 Condal (383104473)

15298 spectators had come to El infierno del dude this cloudy day. Montelindo Oliveira was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Pēteris Benetis and Adam Robinsson. eldudeteam had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players took the field: Ērglis - Ribeiro, Stanley, Stachlewski - Schwarzmeier, Garcini, Pardo, Kočnar, van Kalmthout - Šepetauskas, Farbár.

Condal tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Ansari - Cervatos, Yasakov, Roever - Zorrilla, Cólliga, Martel, Surget, Montalà - Deschryver, Nejedlý.

eldudeteam mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. eldudeteam created a good opportunity to score 4 minutes into the match when W. Stachlewski's hooked ball from the left created a scuffle in front of the goal, and the visitors' defenders had a hard time clearing the ball. After 19 minutes eldudeteam's D. Šepetauskas limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. J. van Kalmthout's early cross saw the defenders caught out of position and the alert J. Farbár was able to pounce and roll the ball past the hapless goalkeeper to score for eldudeteam. 1 - 0. O. Nejedlý neatly controlled the ball after a short corner, and knocked it on to A. Cervatos who had the whole net open before him, but only managed to hit the post. Central attacks were the recipe of the day for eldudeteam, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. W. Stachlewski should probably have put his team up another goal after 31 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by K. Ansari kept the visitors in the game. 37 minutes into the game, J. Kočnar had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came F. Koutsoulis. It was 1 - 0 at the break. Neither team were able to dominate possession this half.

O. Nejedlý made a good effort at breaking through on the right, but the home team's left defence cleared the ball to a corner. 72 minutes into the match the visitors levelled the score at 1 - 1 as F. Zorrilla struck home from a rebound off the crossbar, following a shot from the right. With 77 minutes gone, O. Nejedlý suddenly found himself completely free on the right wing when a counterattack by Condal caught their opponents by surprise. Only a great save by the opposing keeper prevented him from scoring. eldudeteam players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. eldudeteam claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 51 percent.

eldudeteam's top performer was clearly D. Pardo. J. Ribeiro was a disappointment, however. Condal's best player was M. Cólliga. O. Nejedlý turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 1.