FAFA 1 - 3 DEPOROSLO (383200631)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 5894 had shown up at Arrbol Stadium for the match. Don Timmermans was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Filipe China and Klaus Albertolli. FAFA started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Wiklund - Marele, Mullot, Santos-Suárez, Silvestre - Finnan, Feiferovas, Fernández de Córdoba, Maura - Garau, Villalpando.

DEPOROSLO had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Sousa Leite - Larsson, Törrönen, Edman - Hoivassilta, Ponzoni, Medak, Krzywousty, Míka - Ormeño, Maximin.

Today, FAFA's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. DEPOROSLO used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. Some good play on the left wing created an opportunity for the visitors 7 minutes into the match, and E. Ponzoni wasn't about to let it go by. He got past the defenders and fired a shot that the keeper just missed. 0 - 1 for the visitors. 17 minutes into the match, J. Ormeño came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. The home crowd was not impressed when H. Larsson came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 27 minutes. DEPOROSLO were now up 0 - 2. Confident in their lead, DEPOROSLO's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. An amazing free kick flew past the home keeper 34 minutes into the match, putting DEPOROSLO ahead 0 - 3. H. Maximin was the scorer. After the ball was lifted in from the left, J. Ormeño was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 37 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. 0 - 3 was the halftime score. DEPOROSLO had most of the ball, with 51 percent of possession.

Central attacks were the recipe of the day for DEPOROSLO, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. The home crowd cheered when, after 65 minutes, A. Törrönen's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. J. Wiklund got a fingertip on J. Ormeño's shot from the left 66 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. J. Ormeño left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 70 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. A. Bin Hilal Al-Dafa was the replacement. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, FAFA's A. Maura was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 70 minutes. P. Henriksen was given a chance to change things around. With the scoreboard showing that 71 minutes had been played, DEPOROSLO nearly put themselves up another goal after A. Bin Hilal Al-Dafa came through on the left. Fortunately for the home crowd, the keeper made the save. FAFA's N. Finnan was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the opposition's box - P. Henriksen managed to volley one of them into the net to make it 1 - 3 after 81 minutes. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by DEPOROSLO, with 53 percent of the ball.

Most important FAFA player was F. Villalpando. On the other hand, P. Henriksen's play was disheartening. H. Maximin performed admirably for DEPOROSLO. R. Sousa Leite was a disappointment, however. The match ends 1 - 3.