Franco 2 - 2 Abogados. (389952573)

39211 spectators had found their way to New Trafford, despite the heavy rain. Tony Stössel was the appointed referee. Franco tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. They fielded: Calderón - Ocampo, Carranco - Gaitán, Köntges, Paz, Enache, Pérez - Barraza, Suárez, España.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Abogados.. Starters: Zertuche - Oteiza, Irazoqui, Altomonte - Vanoni, Fernández, Lozano, De Capitani, Segatto - Née, Canchumanya.

Abogados. mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. Abogados.'s J. Oteiza managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 13 minutes. 0 - 1. A. Altomonte of Abogados. was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. E. Née's tried to storm through the defence after 26 minutes, but L. Ocampo was just too fast to shake off and the rest of the defence got back to cover. With the scoreboard showing that 29 minutes had been played, Abogados. nearly put themselves up another goal after F. Irazoqui came through on the left. Fortunately for the home crowd, the keeper made the save. It was a bad day for the usually speedy D. Gaitán. The mud seemed to slow him down. D. Gaitán showed the skills that make him a real crowd pleaser as he, after 32 minutes, wove through the guests' entire central defence and put the 1 - 1 equaliser away. The home crowd breathed a collective sigh of relief when E. Née was unable to put the ball in the net after his show of skill down the left 33 minutes into the match. He was seen beating the pitch in frustration at missing such a good chance to give his team the lead! Slack defending gave Franco a chance to take the lead with 34 minutes played, but Á. Carranco's cross from the left flank was fumbled in front of the goal and easily dealt with by the opposition. 1 - 1 was the score after the first half. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Abogados., with 54 percent of the ball.

Abogados. were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. Abogados.'s goal to make the score 1 - 2 came via a questionable penalty, but C. Segatto struck it home without a second thought. After 59 minutes of play, A. Barraza equalised for Franco after an elegant attack from the right. After 77 minutes, the Abogados. coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving A. Lozano off the field. D. Theuma took his place. Possession in this half belonged to Abogados., who controlled the ball 55 percent of the time.

Franco's best player was L. España. D. Gaitán on the other hand, had a terrible day. Abogados.'s top performer was clearly M. Fernández. On the other hand, A. Altomonte's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 2.