CRUZERIO 1 - 5 Boca (391558464)

27391 spectators had come to Fox World Arena this cloudy day. Ollipekka Kähärä was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Léon Fallet and Mãdãlin Vãrzaru. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for CRUZERIO. Starters: Pires - Terra, Gavrilă, Vála - Korán, Vilaselán, Cattin, Gościński, Paquetá - Romã, Ovčiarka.

Boca tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. Lineup: Tubarão - Schelchshorn, Janesch, Poblete - Risløv, White, Bakúrdzhiev, Jolís - Bloquel, Thomas, Düsterhöft.

Boca's A. Poblete managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 14 minutes. 0 - 1. B. Schelchshorn increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 2. The referee showed CRUZERIO's R. Vála the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. The home crowd was not impressed when W. Risløv came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 38 minutes. Boca were now up 0 - 3. The players of Boca now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. 39 minutes in, CRUZERIO's I. Gavrilă received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. W. Risløv was the unlucky victim and couldn't continue the game, so Boca's K. Laleman had to come off the bench. CRUZERIO were awarded a penalty 41 minutes into the match and J. Ovčiarka fired the ball into the net to make the score 1 - 3. Halftime score was 1 - 3. Boca had most of the ball, with 56 percent of possession.

Although the whole team were struggling to impress, CRUZERIO's E. Vilaselán was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 47 minutes. B. Kosowski was given a chance to change things around. CRUZERIO's G. Paquetá was shown a yellow card after 55 minutes for slicing down an opponent. K. Laleman's early cross saw the defenders caught out of position and the alert A. Thomas was able to pounce and roll the ball past the hapless goalkeeper to score for Boca. 1 - 4. Boca increased their lead after 86 minutes when V. Düsterhöft broke through on the right, upping the score to 1 - 5, much to the home crowd's dismay. B. Romã did everything he could to get one back for his CRUZERIO, but keeper F. Tubarão denied him with a spectacular block. The home crowd cheered when, after 88 minutes, P. Bakúrdzhiev's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. Boca enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 54 percent of possession.

B. Romã performed admirably for CRUZERIO. On the other hand, A. Korán's play was disheartening. Boca's best player was É. Bloquel. A. Poblete on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 5.