change 1 - 1 malditos (392100593)

The 37436 spectators at El parque de los Sueños were in for an afternoon of sunshine. Zoltán Labancz was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Cédric Bodart and Kenneth Holmgaard. change started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. They fielded: Obchodničan - Jokeľ, Mallia, Popov, Liphart - Ibn-Anwar, Grinbank, Scheerlinck, Contreras - Coulin, Welker.

malditos decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Lineup: Teles - Dourado, Alier, Chinas, Tollenaere - Thurston, Cappelli, Elsener, Chapoñán - Serafini, Abrahamsen.

malditos clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. P. Welker could have put change into the lead after 13 minutes, but the free kick went just wide. Down the middle came M. Cappelli, making a fantastic play that nearly had malditos take the lead after 15 minutes, but S. Obchodničan preserved the tie. They were singing the praises of P. Welker 31 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 1 - 0 to change. J. Coulin really should have scored when he was chosen by fate to confront a wide open goal following a great play by V. Jokeľ after a corner. It was 1 - 0 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to change, who controlled the ball 58 percent of the time.

S. Ibn-Anwar unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. It wasn't a good day at all for P. Popov. His powerful style of play just didn't fit the bill on this warm day. A swift counterattack by malditos resulted in a free kick that D. Chinas elegantly twisted into the goal - 1 - 1! A. Abrahamsen's technique was perfect on this sunny day and led to some breathtaking tricks that bamboozled the defence. change enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 57 percent of possession.

The most dominating change player was without a doubt M. Mallia. M. Liphart on the other hand, had a terrible day. M. Cappelli performed admirably for malditos. C. Serafini turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 1.