ctm 3 - 1 SOADMUD (392102719)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and EL GRAN PUKTA saw a crowd turnout of 53717. Ville Sirkiä was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Marijan Hopfer and Metodi Betov. ctm started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Března - Tubi, Dunlop, Miltenberger - Wiglaf, Hassler, Gruduls, Wodziński, Nijo - Elizburu, Madrid.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for SOADMUD. The following players took the field: Otárola - Habek, Wenden, Kazadaev - Sotomura, Ipanaqué, Gago, Tornos, Fabián - French, van der Lijn.

SOADMUD clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. G. Sotomura was ever so close to scoring after an excellent corner was beautifully flicked on by J. Gago, but the ball bounced off the post to safety. Many thought S. Dunlop ought to have been awarded a penalty 20 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around L. Otárola after a determined run through the middle. A foul after 23 minutes resulted in a free kick. K. Gruduls cannonballed it, giving the home team the lead 1 - 0. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of ctm to 2 - 0 as R. Hassler finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. 26 minutes into the game, SOADMUD's attack got through on the right, but G. Sotomura couldn't handle the ball and his feeble kick wound up in the keeper's arms. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 0. SOADMUD had most of the ball, with 52 percent of possession.

SOADMUD needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 55 minutes S. Fabián made way for N. Huallpa. The ctm free kick 57 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of A. Madrid, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 3 - 0! At this point, it was obvious that the players of ctm lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. After 60 minutes, SOADMUD switched P. Tornos with R. Mantilla, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. The coach of ctm was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 70 minutes, L. Malul came on for R. Hassler. E. Wodziński left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 70 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. 秦. 仁洋 (Renyang) was the replacement. ctm's K. Nijo left the field after 75 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was J. Foley. S. Wiglaf's experience almost gave ctm a goal after 82 minutes but the keeper made a great save. The visitors replied 83 minutes into the game, reducing the home side's lead to 3 - 1, as A. Kazadaev dashed up the middle, easily lobbing the ball over the home team's keeper. This part of the game was a standoff between the teams in terms of possession.

ctm's best player was L. Malul. 秦. 仁洋 (Renyang) on the other hand, had a terrible day. SOADMUD's top performer was clearly J. Gago. L. Otárola turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 3 - 1.