realmadrid 2 - 0 pst.talesh (389293322)

Due to an all-day shower, 13640 paying spectators got to see a match on a pitch-turned-bog at santiago. Gerd Holzhacker was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Mostafa Mofti and Ben Biskupsky. realmadrid decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Starters: Arras - Tomov, Śniegocki, Ranen - Tigranyan, Rolim, Aein, Vizcaíno, Onderka - Nyling, Bayani.

pst.talesh started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. They fielded: Potter - Szondy, Ilberg, Mureddu, Musi - Cappellazzo, Capanema, Ouriques, Giessen, Búchvarov - Hamed Heidari.

It was an obvious ambition of realmadrid to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. pst.talesh demonstrated their creative tactics on the field. After 17 minutes, realmadrid were awarded a free kick. Rather than shooting straight at goal, the taker went for an indirect variant which seemed to take his team mates a bit by surprise. A. Bayani did attempt a finish, but from an awkward position, sending the ball into the away fans. With 18 minutes played O. Vizcaíno almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. realmadrid's M. Nyling had seen it all before, so he waited patiently for the right opportunity. He would get no better chance than the one he took, but his shot was deftly blocked by the keeper. realmadrid made it 1 - 0 as M. Nyling got a touch to the floated corner kick and flicked the ball to A. Bayani who whipped a low drive in off the far post. E. Musi made a run for the goal 30 minutes into the game but the home team's left back managed to sort the situation out in the end. M. Ranen unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. H. Capanema slipped and slithered in the wet grass. His usual rapid runs were nowhere to be seen today. Z. Hamed Heidari made a good effort at breaking through on the right, but the home team's left defence cleared the ball to a corner. 1 - 0 was the score after the first half. realmadrid claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 58 percent.

60 minutes into the match, B. Aein could have extended the lead, but his powerful free kick went just over the bar. As E. Musi had, completely unprovoked, swept the legs out from under an opponent in front of a linesman, the referee gave the pst.talesh player a red card without batting an eyelid. M. Nyling could have put realmadrid up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 65 minutes. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, G. Ilberg got himself booked. The manager of pst.talesh was not happy. R. Tigranyan increased the lead for realmadrid to 2 - 0, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! pst.talesh needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 81 minutes Z. Ouriques made way for T. Simula. The bench was restless, and with 82 minutes passed pst.talesh's coach gave A. Ayazi the opportunity the player had been hoping for. Z. Hamed Heidari reluctantly left the field. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, pst.talesh's L. Szondy was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 83 minutes. T. Puppin was given a chance to change things around. Possession in this half belonged to realmadrid, who controlled the ball 58 percent of the time.

The most dominating realmadrid player was without a doubt O. Vizcaíno. D. Śniegocki turned in a dismal performance, however. pst.talesh's top performer was clearly T. Simula. However, Y. Búchvarov made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 0.