atleticomineiro 0 - 6 Engelen (392335487)

The 20200 spectators at Mineiro bombonera were in for an afternoon of sunshine. Kåre Hanssen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Marino Trabace and Daniel Sá. atleticomineiro started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. The following players took the field: Fomin - Olivares, Grossi, Rindlisbacher - Nekov, Skarica, Porteiro, Tut - Berlanda, Mazić, Lautanen.

Engelen tactics involved an interesting 4-5-1 combination. The following players had been chosen: Weckman - Adami, Burger, Silva, Ludziński - Batalla, Seriese, Turjeman, Spannagl, Sugiharto - Koschembahr.

atleticomineiro clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. Engelen were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. Slack defending gave atleticomineiro a chance to take the lead with 20 minutes played, but J. Lautanen's cross from the left flank was fumbled in front of the goal and easily dealt with by the opposition. D. Burger's technique was perfect on this sunny day and led to some breathtaking tricks that bamboozled the defence. Given a free kick close to the byline, Engelen tried a move that loyal fans may recognise from training. A pass to the side pulled the defence out of position which let S. Sugiharto slip through on goal. He didn't have to break his stride, and slipped the ball past the keeper to make it 0 - 1, 32 minutes into the game. 0 - 1 was the halftime score. Engelen enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 55 percent of possession.

The home crowd was not impressed when L. Spannagl came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 54 minutes. Engelen were now up 0 - 2. S. Sugiharto sailed high above the opponents as he headed in a corner kick from O. Turjeman after 60 minutes of play, making the score 0 - 3. With 69 minutes played, Engelen put themselves up 0 - 4 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was L. Silva. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Engelen lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. After 72 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed M. Koschembahr to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 5. An indecisive keeper looked on as a free kick by Engelen's O. Turjeman put the visitors up 0 - 6 after 73 minutes. Engelen had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. atleticomineiro had a great opportunity to score following a counterattack after 77 minutes, but Ž. Mazić's shot from the left sailed high over the bar. Possession in this half belonged to Engelen, who controlled the ball 53 percent of the time.

The most dominating atleticomineiro player was without a doubt Ž. Mazić. A. Olivares turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important Engelen player was D. Burger. P. Weckman on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 6.