Ibérico 1 - 4 Cacuno (391458244)

Dark skies made the crowd of 30485 at Lynx a little nervous, but the rain held off. Sami Svensk was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Max Greßmann and Afanasijus Šakūras. Everyone was excited about the upcoming San Jose derby and the crowd was divided evenly. Ibérico tactics involved an interesting 5-5-0 combination. The following players took the field: Maula - Pardo Otero, Malmmar, Castureddu, Sasson, Teyema - Magonara, Soutelo, Ostermann, Hennicke, Fafanđel -.

Cacuno had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. Starters: Mata - Trejos, Subbotin, Srdanović, Quintanilla - Simon, Quintín, Tanner, Mälkiä, Seğmen - Rizzi.

The strategy for Ibérico was to use their ability to press. Cacuno took the lead after 2 minutes making the score 0 - 1. A. Rizzi placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. D. Pardo Otero of Ibérico received a yellow card after 13 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. A tussle 14 minutes into the match resulted in a penalty being awarded to the home team and D. Soutelo put the ball into the back of the net without any difficulty. That tied the score up at 1 - 1. Ibérico had to make a substitution after 18 minutes. R. Hennicke limped off the field and was replaced by M. Ventre. A penalty was given after 27 minutes, allowing the visitors to gain the lead: 1 - 2. A. Rizzi was the scorer. After the ball was lifted in from the left, J. Mälkiä was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 31 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. Ibérico's E. Fafanđel was shown a yellow card after 36 minutes for slicing down an opponent. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 2. Cacuno enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 63 percent of possession.

With 60 minutes played, the Ibérico coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. B. Askgaard came on, M. Magonara had to leave the fray. B. Seğmen of Cacuno seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 1 - 3 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by A. Rizzi. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Cacuno lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. After a short break after 75 minutes, Cacuno seemed to change their tactical approach a bit. The coach of Cacuno was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 75 minutes, O. Fasciolo came on for F. Simon. After 75 minutes, the Cacuno players received new instructions from their manager on how to keep in control of the game. In an effort to secure the lead, Cacuno changed their tactic after 75 minutes. An amazing free kick flew past the home keeper 87 minutes into the match, putting Cacuno ahead 1 - 4. A. Rizzi was the scorer. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for A. Rizzi. Cacuno had most of the ball, with 62 percent of possession.

Ibérico's top performer was clearly D. Soutelo. On the other hand, B. Askgaard's play was disheartening. Most important Cacuno player was Ó. Quintín. I. Mata was a disappointment, however. The match ends 1 - 4.