Atlético 3 - 0 Amanda (391219358)

39201 fans braved the pouring rain at Brownie Arena. Sigurd Edvardsen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Andrew Batt and Teuvo Kempas. Everyone was excited about the upcoming Metropolitana derby and the crowd was divided evenly. Atlético tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Flotow - Holmen, Marcheselli, Vriezema - Wicha, Loayza, Ayari, Herrera, Kamp - Carracedo, Journe.

Amanda had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. The following players had been chosen: Păduraru - Asmussen, Muurimäki - Fisch, Beekmans, Tokas, Spreeuwenberg, Noonan - Babonneau, Hiesais, Ramírez.

Amanda were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. The referee showed Amanda's A. Hiesais the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Atlético had to make a substitution after 11 minutes. A. Herrera limped off the field and was replaced by A. Pappalardo. The muddy pitch made the game a gritty affair, which seemed to suit B. Holmen just fine. V. Carracedo had a hard time on the waterlogged pitch - his trademark technique was nowhere in sight today. D. Ramírez had a good try after 35 minutes, coming in on a fine move from the left, but the ball went wide. It was 0 - 0 at the break. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Amanda, with 52 percent of the ball.

Amanda were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. After 70 minutes, the Atlético coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving H. Vriezema off the field. J. Caldeira took his place. 70 minutes into the game, Atlético wanted to bring some new energy to their game. V. Carracedo gave L. Alcázar a quick hug as he left the field. A. Pappalardo's lack of experience almost gave Amanda a goal after 72 minutes, but the shot went right into the keeper's arms. Amanda had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. Slack defending gave Atlético a chance to take the lead with 78 minutes played, but M. Ayari's cross from the left flank was fumbled in front of the goal and easily dealt with by the opposition. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave O. Tokas from Amanda a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 83 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Atlético's counterattacks were lethal to the opposing defence, allowing P. Loayza to score easily from the right flank for 1 - 0. Atlético's G. Marcheselli got himself booked for a foul. Cheers filled the stadium as K. Kamp broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 2 - 0 to Atlético. K. Wicha of Atlético received a yellow card after 88 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. With 88 minutes played, Atlético put themselves up 3 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to K. Wicha, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. Possession in this half belonged to Atlético, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

F. Journe performed admirably for Atlético. A. Pappalardo was a disappointment, however. The most dominating Amanda player was without a doubt N. Păduraru. O. Fisch on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 0.