Lugones 0 - 2 at.madrid (383314671)

It was an exceptionally sunny day for the crowd of 10913 that came out to Camp llugones. József Sárkány was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Nate Escamilla and Gordon Hubalek. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Lugones. Starters: Velastegui - Sánchez Morente, Micşunescu, Torrens, Exerrat - Mellado Ruiz, Spínola, Siller, Elorregui - Beiztegi, Mola.

at.madrid had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. They fielded: Timón - Pinedo, Ortexa, Golán, Acosta - Planella, Rosa, Groso, Manuel Gil - Abeledo, Buxadera.

A badly positioned defensive formation on a free kick after 4 minutes led to at.madrid's R. Pinedo giving the visitors the lead 0 - 1. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, A. Torrens got himself booked. The manager of Lugones was not happy. at.madrid increased their lead after 12 minutes when F. Groso broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 2, much to the home crowd's dismay. at.madrid's J. Planella was shown a yellow card after 15 minutes for slicing down an opponent. The player down was A. Elorregui. The Lugones bench looked worried for a while, but in the end he managed to get up. Ó. Abeledo came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle. He tried to lift the ball over M. Velastegui but overcooked it and hit the bar instead. With 34 minutes gone, at.madrid's J. Planella had to leave the pitch after talking back to the referee and receiving his second booking. at.madrid came close to extending their lead as A. Ortexa delivered a low effort on goal from the right after 39 minutes, but the angle was too narrow and the shot went harmlessly into the side netting. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 2. at.madrid enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 64 percent of possession.

The sunny day didn't make things easy for A. Elorregui who didn't seem his usual powerful self on the pitch. With 66 minutes played, C. Golán nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. A defender managed to keep the ball from crossing the goal-line after a curling shot coming in from the right from A. Ortexa after 76 minutes, and prevented at.madrid from going up another goal. The home crowd cheered when, after 78 minutes, M. Buxadera's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. A counterattack by Lugones after 79 minutes could have resulted in a goal, but J. Spínola, coming in on the left, couldn't get the shot off. With 81 minutes gone, a long pass from the defence of at.madrid resulted in a counterattack that set R. Pinedo free through the middle, but the keeper made a spectacular diving save. R. Pinedo was, after 82 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors' lead with a well placed diving header after the ball had looped into the centre, but the home side's keeper M. Velastegui made the save. at.madrid had most of the ball, with 63 percent of possession.

The most dominating Lugones player was without a doubt B. Mellado Ruiz. However, M. Velastegui made a disastrous appearance. A. Rosa performed admirably for at.madrid. On the other hand, S. Timón's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 2.