Messias 1 - 0 Cryxus (383185806)

The crowd of 7740 turning up at Pelusa Arena today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Alejandro Diena was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Yang Wai-Kei and Herko Baumgärtner. Messias started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Leibetseder - Antoine, Selkić, Fagerbo - Korsvik, Espejo, Monhait, Pezinho, Roca - Åhkvist, Granda.

Cryxus decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players took the field: Inzoli - Średniawa, Tschöp, Belloso - Malagelada, Sözüsöz, Kakuja, Pollari, Modzelewski - Ronconi, Martiskainen.

Cryxus decided to play creatively. Making his way up the middle 7 minutes into the match, O. Selkić almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert E. Inzoli blocked it to keep the score level. With the clock showing 8 minutes played, a great pass from the defensive line of Cryxus resulted in a counterattack that was smoothly brought under control by P. Ronconi in the centre of the opposition's penalty area, but his finish went high. 15 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for Messias to take the lead after a good cross from the right found J. Granda alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. Messias's J. Granda tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. 0 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Messias, with 56 percent of the ball.

Messias could have put themselves ahead after 49 minutes but J. Granda missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to L. Monhait, but the Messias player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0! With 70 minutes played, the Cryxus coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. I. Exenberger came on, J. Pollari had to leave the fray. K. Åhkvist could have increased the lead after 75 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. Messias had most of the ball, with 55 percent of possession.

Most important Messias player was P. Pezinho. On the other hand, F. Antoine's play was disheartening. The most dominating Cryxus player was without a doubt M. Martiskainen. However, E. Inzoli made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 0.