peñarol 0 - 3 iaias (391825944)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 35886 had shown up at Estadio de Peñarol for the match. Anel Panič was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Bauke de Witte and Hans-Erik Røkke. Fans of both teams had been eagerly awaiting this Montevideo derby and were doing their best to outshout their opponents. peñarol tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. They fielded: Berlaen - Kjellsson, Pietraszko, Békés - Reira, Pieren, Opyc, Bernard - Pangaré, Gratarola, Grzesiński.

iaias started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Velichco - Gratarola, Geymonat, Kociszewski - Raimundo, Paniccia, Marceau, Ceschini, Karadajian - Gonçalves, Buono.

0 - 1 was the score with 6 minutes played, after F. Raimundo cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for iaias. Some fine movement on the left led to a iaias goal after 11 minutes, making it 0 - 2. R. Kociszewski was noted down as the scorer. The home side worked hard to get through the middle and as a result, had a good chance of getting one back as A. Gratarola tried lifting the ball over keeper H. Velichco. Unfortunately, the ball went just over the bar. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 2. Possession in this half belonged to iaias, who controlled the ball 60 percent of the time.

peñarol had a brilliant opportunity to reply as A. Gratarola received a high ball from the right, striking the ball in the air. Only H. Velichco's reflexes saved him. G. Berlaen got a fingertip on F. Gonçalves's shot from the left 69 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. A. Paniccia increased iaias's lead to 0 - 3 with a superb free kick strike that flew in just under the far top corner. Confident in their lead, iaias's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. iaias had most of the ball, with 57 percent of possession.

The most dominating peñarol player was without a doubt A. Gratarola. G. Berlaen turned in a dismal performance, however. iaias's best player was G. Ceschini. R. Kociszewski on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 3.