dragateam 0 - 3 da-lhe (386295473)

It had rained all day, but 26334 hardy fans still made it out to Estadio Dª Leonor. Rafael do Nascimento was the appointed referee with assistance provided by José Gebali and Ulrich Ronacher. A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for dragateam. The following players had been chosen: Bonet - Antón, Timm, Rechivichi, Trobia - Eta'ati, Apfel, Babilon, Pardo, Saarioksa - Matczuk.

da-lhe tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Braun - Ulloa, Cornea, Tuisku - Borowa, Hervier, Paiva, Güntherodt, Sáfri - Cosmede, Diederichs.

For their match strategy, dragateam had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. With 12 minutes played, J. Antón of dragateam fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave P. Rechivichi from dragateam a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 31 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Some good play on the left wing created an opportunity for the visitors 32 minutes into the match, and G. Cornea wasn't about to let it go by. He got past the defenders and fired a shot that the keeper just missed. 0 - 1 for the visitors. The muddy pitch made the game a gritty affair, which seemed to suit G. Paiva just fine. With the scoreboard showing that 34 minutes had been played, da-lhe nearly put themselves up another goal after T. Güntherodt came through on the left. Fortunately for the home crowd, the keeper made the save. 37 minutes into the game, da-lhe worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch. With 38 minutes played, T. Güntherodt 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. Halftime score was 0 - 1. da-lhe had most of the ball, with 53 percent of possession.

The corner kick from D. Hervier was powerfully met by the head of A. Cosmede to make the score 0 - 2. After 75 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed J. Sáfri to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 3. Possession was split evenly between the teams.

Most important dragateam player was J. Pardo. On the other hand, D. Bonet's play was disheartening. D. Diederichs performed admirably for da-lhe. However, C. Ulloa made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 3.