TIRADOR 3 - 5 cabau (383116795)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 15348 had shown up at TIRADOR ARENA CLUB for the match. Fans of both teams had been eagerly awaiting this Barcelona derby and were doing their best to outshout their opponents. A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for TIRADOR. The following players had been chosen: Valle Jiménez - Heras Halcón, Blanke, Serdoner - Jones, Oosterveer, Milojević, Romeu - Escarrer, Fracki, Hultstrand.

cabau tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Melde - de Lima, Reif-Pöhner, Adaimi - Groppo, Screciu, Liśkiewicz, Dennehy, Højer Nielsen - Giostra, Goić.

TIRADOR displayed their ability to play creatively. S. Adaimi's lack of experience almost gave TIRADOR a goal after 13 minutes, but the shot went right into the keeper's arms. cabau took the lead after 27 minutes making the score 0 - 1. S. Adaimi placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. cabau's A. Giostra was shown a yellow card after 31 minutes for slicing down an opponent. The home crowd was not impressed when T. Højer Nielsen came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 32 minutes. cabau were now up 0 - 2. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave J. Fracki from TIRADOR a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 34 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! J. Oosterveer hit the corner kick straight to the keeper, but it was mishandled, giving TIRADOR's F. Romeu an easy chance to knock it in for 1 - 2. K. Goić increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 1 - 3. TIRADOR refused to be intimidated and, breaking through the middle, V. Escarrer managed to slip the ball home for 2 - 3. It was 2 - 3 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to cabau, who controlled the ball 72 percent of the time.

After 52 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed M. de Lima to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 2 - 4. The players of cabau now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. After 74 minutes, cabau raised their score by one when C. Groppo's dangerous low cross was cleverly tucked in at the near post by K. Goić. 2 - 5. cabau's M. de Lima was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 84 minutes. TIRADOR's J. Fracki cut towards the middle after 85 minutes, receiving a brilliant pass and slicing through the visiting team's central defence, reducing the lead to 3 - 5. TIRADOR's counterattacks created a good chance for Ó. Heras Halcón on the right after 87 minutes, but he could only look on with dismay as his strike rebounded off the crossbar. cabau claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 67 percent.

TIRADOR's top performer was clearly D. Hultstrand. However, J. Milojević made a disastrous appearance. D. Screciu performed admirably for cabau. On the other hand, M. de Lima's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 5.