Harpastum 4 - 0 GUALLA FC (383213333)

A brilliantly sunny day had enticed a crowd of 12921 to Estadi de Sant Elm. Per Ånesen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Tomi Kissinger and Marcus Ehrenberger. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Harpastum. Starters: Jorge - Díaz, Snoei, Couxil, Szklar - Pumpido, Castellote, Bereiter, Westberg - da Fonseca, Bada.

GUALLA FC tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Ribeiro - D'Abrosca, Schill, Poyales - García de Toledo, Onbulak, Suárez, Martínez de Tejada, Do Real - Amato, Foppiani.

S. Onbulak's technique was perfect on this sunny day and led to some breathtaking tricks that bamboozled the defence. GUALLA FC's C. Martínez de Tejada was shown a yellow card after 14 minutes for slicing down an opponent. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave S. Onbulak from GUALLA FC a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 20 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Harpastum's D. Bereiter got himself booked for a foul. Harpastum took the lead 27 minutes in, as G. Snoei broke through on the left and put the 1 - 0 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. The referee showed Harpastum's J. Westberg the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. A loud groan was heard from the fans of GUALLA FC, as G. Do Real left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. P. Fontana took his place on the field. O. da Fonseca increased the lead for Harpastum to 2 - 0, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! Harpastum's O. da Fonseca increased the lead to 3 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 41 minutes. After this, you could see that the players of Harpastum were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. The teams went for the halftime break at 3 - 0. Harpastum enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 68 percent of possession.

A great save by keeper C. Ribeiro after 54 minutes kept the visitors in the game after H. Szklar struck from the left with a real cannonball. O. da Fonseca wanted to play on, but the Harpastum coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 55 minutes into the game by M. González de la Aleja. A counterattack by GUALLA FC after 55 minutes could have resulted in a goal, but A. Foppiani, coming in on the left, couldn't get the shot off. The coach of Harpastum was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 66 minutes, S. Onieva Mira came on for H. Szklar. After 66 minutes GUALLA FC's A. Foppiani contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Harpastum coach let A. Monev replace A. Castellote after 68 minutes. 77 minutes in, GUALLA FC's M. Amato received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Harpastum solidified their lead at the 79 minute mark, as J. Bada dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 4 - 0. The sunny day didn't make things easy for J. Bada who didn't seem his usual powerful self on the pitch. Harpastum's J. Díaz swung in a good chance from the left, but the visitors' defence were able to clear the ball. M. González de la Aleja could have put Harpastum up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 84 minutes. Harpastum claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 66 percent.

J. Bada performed admirably for Harpastum. On the other hand, A. Monev's play was disheartening. The most dominating GUALLA FC player was without a doubt M. Amato. P. Fontana on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 4 - 0.