banda 1 - 0 G&C (383147891)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and El Humilde saw a crowd turnout of 5209. Sauveriano da Silva was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Erik-Jan Winter and Jozef Iwanski. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for banda. Starters: Cenarbe - Ezquerdo, Molina Moreno, Udaeta, Lanús - Ibars, Cordero, Eanes, Baena - Moscoso, Roldán Gaona.

G&C had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Lineup: Cundíns - Portocarrero, Chiriboga, Alsina, Luaces - Sanlez, Sáenz Clemente, Funes, Román Tárraga - Lancha Pacheco, Calzón.

G&C used their skill at pressing to cut off the attack angles of their opponents all over the field. G&C's A. Calzón could have put the guests one up after 18 minutes after chasing a through ball from the right, but R. Cenarbe was as fast as a snake, grabbing the ball from under his nose. The home crowd breathed a collective sigh of relief when O. Portocarrero was unable to put the ball in the net after his show of skill down the left 22 minutes into the match. He was seen beating the pitch in frustration at missing such a good chance to give his team the lead! Halftime score was 0 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to G&C, who controlled the ball 63 percent of the time.

After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, R. Sáenz Clemente got himself booked. The manager of G&C was not happy. banda's J. Baena finished emphatically to make the score 1 -0 after 65 minutes, after the enigmatic O. Lanús pulled a delightful long pass from his box of tricks to bypass the defence. After 79 minutes, banda's P. Ibars fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! G&C's C. Luaces's long shot really ought to have found the net 80 minutes into the match, but it fell just wide of the target. G&C claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 66 percent.

banda's top performer was clearly J. Baena. O. Lanús on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important G&C player was R. Sáenz Clemente. C. Cundíns turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 0.