Troncos 3 - 1 Atra-K-laos (390857300)

24046 punters turned up at El Nido, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Paul Kelly was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Akis Kotsaridis and Mathies Rückauf. Troncos had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Matilevičius - Brjánsson, Gagliardi, Karola - Martensen, Lanari, Kuschevatzky, Colussi, Hasene - Mauer, Guardia.

Atra-K-laos started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Kaźmierczak - Tandrup, Iparraguirre, Voinescu - Fayas, Hunsche, Chiriţă, Verstraeten, Kimber - Kiefer, Heinze.

Troncos seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. Atra-K-laos saw most attack opportunities on the wings. J. Lanari was the first to reach the corner kick, but his header was blocked by the keeper. However, Troncos's J. Gagliardi managed to get hold of the rebound and tucked the ball into the empty net. 1 - 0 After 17 minutes, Troncos raised their score by one when S. Martensen's dangerous low cross was cleverly tucked in at the near post by M. Guardia. 2 - 0. U. Mauer had a fantastic opportunity to put Troncos up another goal 28 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. Having been awarded a free kick in an awkward position after 33 minutes, Troncos did not go for a shot but instead fired the ball hard into the 6 yard box. After a brief tussle with his marker, E. Hasene was able to power the ball past the keeper to make the score 3 - 0. The teams went for the halftime break at 3 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Troncos, with 56 percent of the ball.

L. Brjánsson could have increased the lead after 51 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. J. Silvonen was called on to replace Troncos's C. Kuschevatzky after 61 minutes following a nasty collision. The visitors replied 68 minutes into the game, reducing the home side's lead to 3 - 1, as F. Hunsche dashed up the middle, easily lobbing the ball over the home team's keeper. Troncos's S. Martensen was shown a yellow card after 78 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Atra-K-laos's C. Chiriţă went down after a savage challenge, but could continue playing after some medical attention. Troncos were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. Troncos claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 54 percent.

Most important Troncos player was M. Guardia. However, L. Matilevičius made a disastrous appearance. Atra-K-laos's top performer was clearly G. Kiefer. P. Kimber on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 1.