gilera 4 - 1 A.K.ba2 (390843907)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 29405 to La negrita. Benny Johansson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Iver Gregersen and Jurka Kalach. gilera tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Martsepp - Pereyra, Soto, Geling - Girard, Zanetti, Burdizzo, Ferro, Fetto - Dzierzkowski, Nguyen.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for A.K.ba2. Starters: Iruña - Kortetjärvi, Vilhena, Knutsson - Solmi, Lepera, Šliakys, Velinović, Destan - Chiosi, Pace.

gilera showed off their creative tactics. A.K.ba2 mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. Making his way up the middle 21 minutes into the match, J. Zanetti almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert D. Iruña blocked it to keep the score level. The home side put themselves ahead 1 - 0 after 27 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from A. Soto, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. With 34 minutes played, O. Girard of gilera fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. A lovely run by gilera's O. Girard left his markers for dead and should have resulted in a goal, but the finish went just wide. After 37 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and O. Girard gave the gilera supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 2 - 0. The visitors got one back when F. Pace finished off a pass from the left and scored after 40 minutes. 2 - 1 was the score. The referee showed A.K.ba2's E. Lepera the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to gilera, who controlled the ball 56 percent of the time.

gilera's F. Pereyra saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 65 minutes. The gilera players could smell victory in the air. A. Dzierzkowski wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for M. Balmacedas after 71 minutes. A.K.ba2's G. Vilhena got himself booked for a foul. F. Pereyra of gilera had to be helped off the pitch as an injury meant he was unable to finish the game. E. Sánchez came in to finish the match. After 75 minutes, M. Balmacedas put gilera ahead 3 - 1 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. 77 minutes into the match, gilera's O. Girard demonstrated his famed speed as he raced past his marker and passed the ball to T. Nguyen who chipped it in for 4 - 1. gilera had most of the ball, with 53 percent of possession.

G. Ferro performed admirably for gilera. M. Balmacedas was a disappointment, however. A.K.ba2's best player was V. Velinović. D. Iruña on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 4 - 1.