ACADEMIA 1 - 1 Voluntades (390895085)

20229 punters turned up at EL CILINDRO MAGICO, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Piero Meihofer was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Nelu Ghitã and Dumitru Pascu. ACADEMIA had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. The following players had been chosen: Perschmann - Morreale, Akşit, Orla, Sadłowski - Montane, Ekblad, Zlatkov, Rodríguez, Nicuesa - Varallo.

Voluntades tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Rolović - Verstaen, Tolloi, Church - Gabellone, Savino, Syta, Salomón, Pandler - Mirecki, Samlert.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for ACADEMIA. Voluntades's G. Mirecki got himself booked for a foul. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, M. Pandler got himself booked. The manager of Voluntades was not happy. 31 minutes into the game, A. Gabellone had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came P. Dinarelli. Halftime score was 0 - 0. ACADEMIA enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 58 percent of possession.

P. Dinarelli's early cross saw the defenders caught out of position and the alert B. Samlert was able to pounce and roll the ball past the hapless goalkeeper to score for Voluntades. 0 - 1. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave M. Zlatkov from ACADEMIA a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 57 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Voluntades's G. Mirecki went down after a savage challenge, but could continue playing after some medical attention. The bench was restless, and with 65 minutes passed ACADEMIA's coach gave P. Edward the opportunity the player had been hoping for. M. Nicuesa reluctantly left the field. O. Fornari was called on to replace ACADEMIA's H. Perschmann after 67 minutes following a nasty collision. A. Orla showed the skills that make him a real crowd pleaser as he, after 74 minutes, wove through the guests' entire central defence and put the 1 - 1 equaliser away. ACADEMIA had most of the ball, with 60 percent of possession.

The most dominating ACADEMIA player was without a doubt H. Ekblad. O. Fornari on the other hand, had a terrible day. Voluntades's top performer was clearly A. Salomón. On the other hand, B. Rolović's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 1.