besenses 1 - 10 1998 (383259769)

Dark skies made the crowd of 2715 at besenses Arena a little nervous, but the rain held off. Hubert Sarrazin was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ruggiero Boehr and Leandro Cadosch. besenses decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Lineup: Gortázar - Posadas, Puig Cerda, Medkouri, Pérez Alonso - Martín, Illán, Sandoval, Díaz de Trechuelo - Pont, Puigvert.

1998 started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Alcántara - Bravo, Hassani, Monroy, Moya Delgado - Mihaylov, Urquiola, Turch, Takki - Cubells, Brañas.

The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of 1998's R. Turch after 10 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 0 - 1 lead. After 31 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave R. Turch a chance to increase the lead for 1998, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 2. I. Moya Delgado received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 34 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 3. The 1998 fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. Confident in their lead, 1998's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. After 40 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for B. Hassani who increased 1998's lead to 0 - 4. 0 - 4 was the halftime score. 1998 enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 64 percent of possession.

R. Martín hit the corner kick straight to the keeper, but it was mishandled, giving besenses's G. Puigvert an easy chance to knock it in for 1 - 4. After 67 minutes, 1998's J. Monroy burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 1 - 5. 1998's C. Takki was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the opposition's box - A. Brañas managed to volley one of them into the net to make it 1 - 6 after 67 minutes. C. Takki increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 1 - 7. The visitors' I. Moya Delgado took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 78 minutes into the match. 1 - 8 for 1998. B. Hassani sailed high above the opponents as he headed in a corner kick from T. Bravo after 83 minutes of play, making the score 1 - 9. The home crowd was not impressed when I. Mihaylov came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 86 minutes. 1998 were now up 1 - 10. 1998 had most of the ball, with 65 percent of possession.

Most important besenses player was P. Pont. On the other hand, Y. Gortázar's play was disheartening. 1998's best player was I. Mihaylov. B. Hassani was a disappointment, however. The match ends 1 - 10.