Messi 4 - 1 Cocacolos (383229596)

Clouds darkened the skies at Leo Messi Arena as 5406 spectators turned up for the match. Bryan Bruno was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Massimiliano Amoruso and Severino Nepi. Messi had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. The following players took the field: Everts - Maleo, Boluda, D'Aversa - Andrés, Moi, Lemus, Chiuzan - Moreno, Arines, Vannuccini.

Cocacolos started off with a 4-3-3 lineup. Starters: Parguiña - Guil, Ketellapper, Cabañero, Shefer - Scheinhart, Rumbo, Cárcamo - Cortés, von Witzleben, Cancer.

For their match strategy, Messi had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. Cocacolos tried to focus their attacks down the middle. Messi were very close to putting themselves one up after 5 minutes as H. Maleo got through on the left, but failing in concentration, he shot the ball wide. 16 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for Messi was D. Vannuccini. The referee showed Messi's R. Lemus the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. In a fantastic display of determination, Cocacolos's S. Ketellapper forced himself to his feet, after an opponent viciously knocked him down. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Messi to 2 - 0 as T. Arines finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. Messi put in a good effort on the right, but D. Vannuccini saw his volley fly wide of the mark 23 minutes into the game. It was 2 - 0 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to Messi, who controlled the ball 66 percent of the time.

Messi solidified their lead at the 52 minute mark, as D. Vannuccini dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 3 - 0. 67 minutes in, Messi's D. Vannuccini received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Messi's J. Andrés was shown a yellow card after 69 minutes for slicing down an opponent. A. Shefer was the unlucky victim and couldn't continue the game, so Cocacolos's V. Ezcay had to come off the bench. Cheers filled the stadium as J. Moreno broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 4 - 0 to Messi. Cocacolos's A. Cancer has the wonderful ability to create chances out of thin air. 81 minutes into the match he bamboozled a couple of opposition defenders before sending the keeper the wrong way and sidefooting the ball home into an empty net. That totally unexpected burst of flair made it 4 - 1. 83 minutes into the match, S. Moi could have extended the lead, but his powerful free kick went just over the bar. Messi claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 67 percent.

Messi's best player was T. Arines. However, L. Everts made a disastrous appearance. Most important Cocacolos player was A. Cárcamo. On the other hand, V. Ezcay's play was disheartening. The match ends 4 - 1.