union 1 - 3 Fronchy (392648624)

17625 spectators arrived at La Plata, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. David Fillola was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Nicolas Mora and Päivö Koivunen. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for union. Starters: Zamorano - Hajdu, Suihko, Di Brandimarte - Baço, Cafranga, Bailón, Procopio, Reitein - Vörös, Paşcu.

Fronchy started off with a 2-5-3 lineup. The following players took the field: Martin - Bang Christiansen, Boonkum - Arkhireev, Elies, Roger, Caínzos, Koseda - Matkócsik, Wittek, Gönlüm.

The guests took the lead 36 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in T. Gönlüm scoring to make it 0 - 1. After 39 minutes of play, E. Bailón evened things up for union with an impressive goal coming up the middle. 1 - 1. Some great play up the middle by union led to a chance for G. Procopio to score after 41 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. 1 - 2 was the score with 42 minutes played, after M. Roger cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for Fronchy. 43 minutes into the game, M. Vörös came close to levelling the score with a dangerous shot from the centre of the area that went just over the bar. 1 - 2 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to union, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

49 minutes into the game, Fronchy were awarded a penalty and M. Arkhireev was able to increase the visitors' lead to 1 - 3 rolling the ball in by the right post. union's E. Cafranga was shown a yellow card after 51 minutes for slicing down an opponent. A misunderstanding between the visitors' keeper A. Martin and his left defence could have resulted in a goal for union, but E. Reitein's finish was way too lame. union claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 53 percent.

union's top performer was clearly E. Cafranga. On the other hand, R. Zamorano's play was disheartening. Most important Fronchy player was L. Wittek. F. Koseda turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 3.