Atletico_Junior 3 - 3 Satuple (391892250)

28990 fans braved the pouring rain at Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Melendez. Maurizio Paolinelli was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Kasper Hering and Gabriel von Erlach. Atletico_Junior tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Passarotto - Végh, Arrott, Bíla - Groenendaal, Väyrynen, Kerékgyártó, Komnenić, Nesin - Deetman, van Wieren.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Satuple. They fielded: Schneider-Graef - Drukman, Dannemann, Moreau - Lopes, Patiño, Günthart, Fajardo, Hauri - Ríos, Braehler.

Atletico_Junior used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. It was an obvious ambition of Satuple to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. The terraces were silenced after 29 minutes when Satuple's F. Braehler put the guests ahead 0 - 1, following an attack on the right. 40 minutes into the game, L. van Wieren came close to levelling the score with a dangerous shot from the centre of the area that went just over the bar. Satuple's M. Lopes was shown a yellow card after 41 minutes for slicing down an opponent. 42 minutes into the match, A. Patiño came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. Atletico_Junior's G. Nesin showed his experience after 44 minutes, as he expertly set himself up to take advantage of a rebound off the crossbar, but his shot was tipped harmlessly out of the way. Attacking on the wings was the choice for Satuple, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. W. Passarotto got a fingertip on F. Braehler's shot from the left 44 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. Atletico_Junior's counterattack was impressive and was only stopped by a shocking foul. Somehow, the referee's cards remained in his pocket - a terrible decision! L. van Wieren's resulting free kick was easily saved by the keeper. Halftime score was 0 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to Satuple, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.

After 50 minutes, Atletico_Junior switched J. Deetman with D. Wiktorko, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. Satuple's M. Ríos excelled in some fine tricks that completely confused D. Kerékgyártó - and the finish was no less spectacular - 0 - 2! Atletico_Junior had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. 72 minutes had been played and the home team was awarded a penalty. The guests' keeper dived the right way, but L. van Wieren was still able to reduce the score to 1 - 2. As B. Moreau had, completely unprovoked, swept the legs out from under an opponent in front of a linesman, the referee gave the Satuple player a red card without batting an eyelid. R. Fajardo didn't let the weather get him down and made some great moves on the pitch in spite of the rain. The Satuple players could smell victory in the air. T. Drukman wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for Y. Monroy after 78 minutes. The crowd roared in delight as L. van Wieren finished off a spectacular series of passes through the middle to even the score for Atletico_Junior 84 minutes into the match. 2 - 2. 86 minutes in, Satuple's Y. Monroy received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. J. Arrott's knee will be throbbing for days, but thankfully for Atletico_Junior, he bravely continued in the match. 87 minutes into the game, J. Dannemann was a hair's breadth away from giving Satuple the lead with a shot from over on the left. A prompt block by W. Passarotto saved the home team that time. With 88 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 3 - 2 lead as K. Bíla flipped the ball in after a cross from the right. 89 minutes into the game Satuple's F. Hauri found a gap in the home side's central defence and scored with a fabulous shot, making it 3 - 3. Satuple claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 52 percent.

D. Wiktorko performed admirably for Atletico_Junior. However, W. Passarotto made a disastrous appearance. Satuple's top performer was clearly F. Braehler. Y. Monroy on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 3.