DEPORTIVO 4 - 5 MLDS1989 (391935922)

24785 fans braved the pouring rain at La Muerte. Mathieu Jimmink was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Paul Besson and Jani Kolehmainen. DEPORTIVO tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players took the field: Alfier - Aljure, Paso, Vargas, Jacanamijoy - Alba, Restrepo, Bocanegra, López - Calderón, castelló.

MLDS1989 had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Lineup: Lorinc - Chacón, Rosenau, Rátiva, Miura - López, Haj-Abir, Compagni, Iriondo - Manrique, Cachay.

DEPORTIVO decided to play creatively. MLDS1989 were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. J. Alba was struggling to make the ball dance with his usual trickery and panache, and the opposing players had little trouble shutting him down in these muddy conditions. DEPORTIVO broke through on the left 32 minutes into the game, with A. López firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 1 - 0 lead. With 36 minutes played, E. Cachay of MLDS1989 fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. After 38 minutes, MLDS1989 raised their score by one when C. López's dangerous low cross was cleverly tucked in at the near post by T. Iriondo. 1 - 1. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, J. castelló scored for DEPORTIVO putting them ahead 2 - 1, after 39 minutes. J. Alba could have increased the lead after 40 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. The muddy pitch made the game a gritty affair, which seemed to suit A. López just fine. DEPORTIVO's Ó. Restrepo increased the lead to 3 - 1, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 43 minutes. 3 - 1 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by DEPORTIVO, with 56 percent of the ball.

The visitors' right side was dangerous today; C. Manrique made the home team's keeper look foolish as he easily reduced the lead to make it 3 - 2 57 minutes into the match. E. Cachay was the first to reach the corner kick, but his header was blocked by the keeper. However, MLDS1989's R. Miura managed to get hold of the rebound and tucked the ball into the empty net. 3 - 3 DEPORTIVO had a chance to take the lead after J. castelló's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 78 minutes. The most controversial moment of the game was likely the penalty given after 82 minutes. MLDS1989's C. Manrique kept his concentration, despite the upset crowd, and calmly put the ball past the keeper to make the score 3 - 4. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, G. Jacanamijoy got himself booked. The manager of DEPORTIVO was not happy. DEPORTIVO were close to equalising with a spectacular free kick by A. Aljure after 85 minutes, but S. Lorinc made a great save, tipping it to a corner. Attacking on the wings was the choice for MLDS1989, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. Some fine movement on the left led to a MLDS1989 goal after 86 minutes, making it 3 - 5. D. Compagni was noted down as the scorer. The home team's supporters got excited again when J. castelló broke through the visitors' central defence and caught their keeper off guard, making it 4 - 5. MLDS1989 had most of the ball, with 52 percent of possession.

Most important DEPORTIVO player was J. castelló. G. Jacanamijoy on the other hand, had a terrible day. MLDS1989's best player was C. Manrique. L. Rátiva was a disappointment, however. The match ends 4 - 5.