Futebol 5 - 4 Mixiricas (391548829)

Clear skies welcomed the 25437 spectators who had made their way to SM 51 Arena. Johan Bokborn was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Cãtãlin Marcu and Rémi Marie-Louise. Futebol tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Gutiérrez de Cossio - Manchola, Paris, Širmanas - Kojić, Hjelle, Ronco, Escanilla, Hasan - Urzúa, Yera Manzano.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Mixiricas. The following players had been chosen: de Oliveira - Vakıf, Gamoneda, Cavalão - Dosch, Zaltzman, Pino, Diedrichs, Rossi - Fridman, Haldrup.

Mixiricas tried to focus their attacks down the middle. After 14 minutes, Futebol were awarded a free kick. Rather than shooting straight at goal, the taker went for an indirect variant which seemed to take his team mates a bit by surprise. V. Ronco did attempt a finish, but from an awkward position, sending the ball into the away fans. Futebol took the lead 28 minutes in, as J. Urzúa broke through on the left and put the 1 - 0 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. Proving his experience, D. Haldrup scored 1 - 1 for Mixiricas after putting some pressure on the opposing defence at a critical moment. K. Pino of Mixiricas was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. A well placed corner kick from J. Yera Manzano was followed by V. Ronco's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for Futebol, the score now 2 - 1. The home team will be cursing K. Dosch for weeks; he finished off a great pass from the left, knocking it past the keeper without a problem. The match was level at 2 - 2 after 42 minutes. 44 minutes into the match, a typically brave header by J. Yera Manzano from F. Kojić's cross looped just over the opposing goalkeeper's desperate reach. Goal for Futebol, making the score 3 - 2. V. Ronco increased the lead for Futebol to 4 - 2, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! After this, you could see that the players of Futebol were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. Halftime score was 4 - 2. Futebol had most of the ball, with 52 percent of possession.

Futebol managed to extend their lead to 5 - 2 when J. Yera Manzano cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. Ater 60 minutes Y. Fridman seized on an opportunistic attack from the right, and scored for Mixiricas making it 5 - 3. Coming from the right, J. Yera Manzano almost managed to score another goal for Futebol, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. The visitors got one back when M. Diedrichs finished off a pass from the left and scored after 76 minutes. 5 - 4 was the score. This part of the game was a standoff between the teams in terms of possession.

Most important Futebol player was J. Yera Manzano. A. Gutiérrez de Cossio on the other hand, had a terrible day. Y. Fridman performed admirably for Mixiricas. K. Dosch turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 5 - 4.