dream 4 - 0 CANPLANA (383136859)

The crowd of 8543 turning up at dream tatu Arenas today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. André Laine was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Luca Salvatore and José Bustillo. dream tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. Starters: Ilieşi - Colarte, Borger, Garbarriatu - Rubio Torrecilla, Valdavs, Banelli, Krøjgaard - Montagnac, Bassat, Veres.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for CANPLANA. The following players took the field: Maré - Vivancos, Montaner, Barceló, Ixurria - Genovard, Răcănel, de la Sierra, Bragallini - Pardo Saenz, Eibar.

At 14 minutes played, P. Bassat came in from the right with the intention of giving dream the lead, but his rocket of a shot rattled the crossbar. S. Barceló got left behind when dream's P. Bassat made a sudden run forward after 26 minutes, finishing off with a neat strike. 1 - 0! Coming from the right, R. Rubio Torrecilla almost managed to score another goal for dream, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. P. Bassat slipped and slithered in the wet grass. His usual rapid runs were nowhere to be seen today. With the clock showing 40 minutes played, a great pass from the defensive line of CANPLANA resulted in a counterattack that was smoothly brought under control by G. Eibar in the centre of the opposition's penalty area, but his finish went high. After 42 minutes, F. Borger put dream ahead 2 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. Things were deteriorating for the away team as dream scored another to make it 3 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for P. Bassat after 44 minutes. 44 minutes in, dream's P. Montagnac received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. The teams went for the halftime break at 3 - 0. dream claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 57 percent.

dream solidified their lead at the 62 minute mark, as P. Bassat dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 4 - 0. This third goal completed a hattrick for P. Bassat. By now, the players in dream felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. A. Maré was caught napping as M. Valdavs lifted a ball over him following a free kick, but the ball hit the bar, rebounding into the keeper's arms. CANPLANA's U. Pardo Saenz left the field after 79 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was J. Quiñones. 80 minutes in, G. Eibar made an incredible run up the middle and nearly reduced the home side's lead, but M. Ilieşi refused to let the ball slip by him. The visitors got a chance to pulling one back after 84 minutes, due to a defensive blunder leaving G. Eibar completely unmarked. His strike was pathetic though, easy prey for the home side's keeper. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by dream, with 52 percent of the ball.

dream's best player was P. Montagnac. M. Ilieşi on the other hand, had a terrible day. CANPLANA's top performer was clearly G. Eibar. On the other hand, R. Genovard's play was disheartening. The match ends 4 - 0.