real 1 - 3 Deportivo (383193824)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 9965 to petiña. Luis Varela was the appointed referee with assistance provided by İrfan Toptan and Noël Van Eeckhoutte. real decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players took the field: Vergara - Cordes, Aspiazu, Herbello, Ayerra - Otsobi, Loyola, Timón, Calasanz - Estévanez, Vikström.

Deportivo tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Sequeira - Graña, Zerain, Risch, Alegre - Shlenskiy, Cordina, Bravo López, Alapont - Leone, Grafanakis.

real saw most attack opportunities on the wings. Deportivo used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. The guests took the lead 3 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in J. Alapont scoring to make it 0 - 1. With 7 minutes played, I. Risch of Deportivo fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. After 8 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for D. Grafanakis who increased Deportivo's lead to 0 - 2. O. Otsobi challenged the visitors' central defence eagerly, producing a good chance 11 minutes into the game as he went for a through ball. But, as so many times before, the guests' defensive efforts got the best of it. The crowd groaned when A. Timón, having maneuvered his way down the right, fired the ball just wide and missed a great opportunity to reduce the deficit for real. J. Alapont's tried to storm through the defence after 15 minutes, but M. Cordes was just too fast to shake off and the rest of the defence got back to cover. Deportivo's counterattacks were lethal to the opposing defence, allowing I. Risch to score easily from the right flank for 0 - 3. After this, you could see that the players of Deportivo were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. 26 minutes in, Deportivo's J. Alapont received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. 0 - 3 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by real, with 54 percent of the ball.

J. Vergara got a fingertip on A. Leone's shot from the left 78 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. real's I. Ayerra got himself booked for a foul. real didn't give in and with 82 minutes played P. Vikström was able to make the score 1 - 3 after an attack on the right. Possession in this half belonged to real, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

Most important real player was P. Vikström. X. Herbello turned in a dismal performance, however. Deportivo's top performer was clearly J. Alegre. S. Sequeira on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 3.