deportivo 3 - 0 Xompo (392100660)

Clouds darkened the skies at Estadio Monumental de Farro as 31180 spectators turned up for the match. Herman de Lange was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Per B. Larsson and Magnus Torin. deportivo decided to use a 5-4-1 set up. Lineup: Pesce - Toyka, Kecskés, Palankov, Kuśmierz, Norres - Frediani, Gawarecki, Schallmayer, Cristian - Segura.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Xompo. The following players took the field: Lietzen - Atanasov, Jäkl, Castanheira - Argonz, Arnaldes, Bonnemaison, La Puente, Freyre - Lindo, Janampa.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for deportivo. The referee showed deportivo's P. Norres the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. 8 minutes of the match played, and a comedy of errors by the home side gave the visitors a chance at the lead, but R. Lindo, after finding himself dashing down on goal from the left with only the keeper to beat, sliced his shot horribly wide. deportivo's M. Toyka placed the ball right at his teammate's feet after a corner, but M. Kecskés couldn't finish. The celebrations in the stands could only mean one thing - S. Cristian's free kick had found the back of the net and put deportivo ahead 1 - 0! deportivo's S. Cristian increased the lead to 2 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 37 minutes. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 0. Xompo enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 61 percent of possession.

The counterattack by deportivo resulted in a free kick that S. Cristian bent under the crossbar - 3 - 0! That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for S. Cristian. The players of deportivo now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. Possession in this half belonged to Xompo, who controlled the ball 64 percent of the time.

deportivo's top performer was clearly S. Frediani. F. Kuśmierz on the other hand, had a terrible day. Xompo's best player was B. Janampa. However, F. Argonz made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 0.