esteaguareturns 0 - 1 Leonidas (383199362)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and esteaguareturns Arena saw a crowd turnout of 12500. Mário de Oliveira was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jeremy Ellul and Fritz Huth. esteaguareturns started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. Lineup: Vanlierde - Junghans, Picaud, Carpano - Castañy, Mustikka, Wallinmaa, Colomer - Latina, Aydıner, Flórez.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Leonidas. The following players took the field: Kamelatos - Szabelski, Focker, Casamitjana, Avimor - Narbona, Tobeñas, Organiściak, Bellver - Tax, Sanchez.

esteaguareturns mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. Leonidas used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. R. Focker received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly 10 minutes into the match, probably out of lack of experience, and almost let an opponent score. M. Casamitjana gave the visitors the lead 26 minutes into the match to make it 0 - 1. The goal was scored from the penalty spot after a handball in the penalty area. 27 minutes in, Leonidas's B. Szabelski received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. G. Bellver could have put his team up another goal 31 minutes into the game, after a rush down the left, but his closing shot hit the post. Halftime score was 0 - 1. esteaguareturns claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 54 percent.

esteaguareturns's İ. Aydıner made a successful breakthrough on the left after 52 minutes and should have levelled the score, but instead he clipped it over the bar. It was obvious that team Leonidas had instructions to attack in the middle instead of on the wings. B. Szabelski came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle. He tried to lift the ball over T. Vanlierde but overcooked it and hit the bar instead. esteaguareturns had most of the ball, with 53 percent of possession.

esteaguareturns's top performer was clearly İ. Aydıner. X. Colomer was a disappointment, however. E. Kamelatos performed admirably for Leonidas. On the other hand, J. Tobeñas's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 1.