has 3 - 0 Atlético (383207005)

Clear skies welcomed the 15598 spectators who had made their way to Algaida. Luis Moreno was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Dominique Delmas and James Quiroz. A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for has. Lineup: Ysasi - Gojenechea, Waanders, Villalba - Eda, Le Merrer, Algreen, van Woerkom - Ulberts, Menéndez, Aymar.

Atlético had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Fáix - Planagumà, Qortbi, Zahariev, San Pedro - Miravet, Hess Araya, Lucena Marcos, Virzì - del Bosque, Iñiguez Lafuente.

has took the lead after 4 minutes as a result of A. Le Merrer's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 1 - 0. After 10 minutes Atlético's J. Planagumà contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. has put themselves up 2 - 0 when W. Waanders broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. has's D. Menéndez saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 30 minutes. G. Rangel was called on to replace Atlético's A. Miravet after 34 minutes following a nasty collision. Cheers filled the stadium as A. Le Merrer broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 3 - 0 to has. By now, the players in has felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. Atlético's D. Iñiguez Lafuente got himself booked for a foul. 3 - 0 was the score after the first half. has had most of the ball, with 57 percent of possession.

A great save by keeper A. Fáix after 47 minutes kept the visitors in the game after D. Menéndez struck from the left with a real cannonball. Atlético had to make a substitution after 48 minutes. Y. Qortbi limped off the field and was replaced by P. Segú. Atlético made sure of not letting V. Eda succeed with his speed. When an opportunity appeared for him, as it did 68 minutes into the game, speedy M. San Pedro came to the rescue and stopped the attack. Possession in this half belonged to Atlético, who controlled the ball 53 percent of the time.

Most important has player was D. Menéndez. E. Ulberts on the other hand, had a terrible day. A. Fáix performed admirably for Atlético. On the other hand, G. Rangel's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 0.