puñaleros 4 - 2 Infoctk (391207361)

The crowd of 32841 turning up at Gran Valparaíso today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Marek Krawczak was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Vasile Preda and György Sándor. puñaleros started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Zulueta - Šakars, Kirk, Ruiz - Landaeta, De Carli, Čunát, Infante, Maimon - Draška, Jiménez.

A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Infoctk. The following players took the field: Villavicencio - Diksoy, Donvito, Mantovan, Fritsche - Serna Zuleta, Stuven, Kowalesko, Labra, Ipinza - Entenza.

It was an obvious ambition of Infoctk to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. The home side put themselves ahead 1 - 0 after 8 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from K. Draška, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. puñaleros's Z. Šakars got himself booked for a foul. The muddy pitch made the game a gritty affair, which seemed to suit B. Donvito just fine. Given a free kick close to the byline, puñaleros tried a move that loyal fans may recognise from training. A pass to the side pulled the defence out of position which let V. Čunát slip through on goal. He didn't have to break his stride, and slipped the ball past the keeper to make it 2 - 0, 41 minutes into the game. After this, you could see that the players of puñaleros were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by puñaleros, with 56 percent of the ball.

M. Diksoy spent most of the time in a heap on the ground today, his normally rapid movement hindered by the slippery pitch. puñaleros were given a gift! The ref dubiously awarded them a penalty 59 minutes into the match, which was neatly put away by T. Kirk. 3 - 0 for the home side. A well placed corner kick from T. Kirk was followed by A. De Carli's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for puñaleros, the score now 4 - 0. With 86 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock, Infoctk showed some good skill and were able to reduce the score to 4 - 1 when B. Donvito got past the home side's central defenders right in front of the goal. 87 minutes into the match, the visitors reduced the lead to 4 - 2 as a free kick by J. Entenza slunk past the home side's goalkeeper. puñaleros claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 54 percent.

V. Čunát performed admirably for puñaleros. On the other hand, R. Maimon's play was disheartening. The most dominating Infoctk player was without a doubt B. Donvito. However, M. Diksoy made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 4 - 2.