katalufos 2 - 2 manuelzidane (383320506)

2773 punters turned up at katalufos c.f Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Ursul Cordes was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Frédéric Mayeux and Martin Fridtorp. katalufos tactics involved an interesting 4-3-3 combination. They fielded: Egüés - Soto Maldonado, Hidalgo, Freixes, Xancó - Fernán Zóbel, Ipas, Garayzabal - Barrero, Acción, Bauça.

manuelzidane had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. The following players took the field: Gand - Bricall, Vilagrasa, Albiol, Desclergues - 崇容 (Chongrong), Dito, Colet, Kuehtreiber - Chiner, Morente.

They were singing the praises of C. Hidalgo 14 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 1 - 0 to katalufos. C. Hidalgo could have put katalufos up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 19 minutes. D. Barrero could have increased the lead after 27 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. manuelzidane's F. Vilagrasa was shown a yellow card after 32 minutes for slicing down an opponent. F. Vilagrasa finished off a quick charge from the left of the field by chipping the ball just past the home side's keeper, making the score 1 - 1 33 minutes into the match. 34 minutes into the game, katalufos had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to passable. Some great play up the middle by katalufos led to a chance for A. Xancó to score after 35 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. 38 minutes into the game, katalufos seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a passable level of organisation. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to manuelzidane, who controlled the ball 55 percent of the time.

During the break, katalufos's coach went through the team's tactics yet again, getting them up to solid organisation. The katalufos free kick 51 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of D. Barrero, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 2 - 1! The visitors' R. Chiner was alert after a cross coming in from the left, levelling the score at 2 - 2 after 57 minutes. 64 minutes into the game, J. Freixes had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came Q. Villaró. manuelzidane claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 52 percent.

D. Barrero performed admirably for katalufos. J. Egüés was a disappointment, however. manuelzidane's best player was R. Chiner. However, S. Gand made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 2.