Rayito 1 - 0 boira (392650310)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 33941 at Estadio de Vallecas today. Roberto Matta was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Iuri Rosso and Anders Persson. Rayito started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. Starters: Mínguez Ochoa - Kozhuharov, Davies, Naylor-Gray, David - Dülmen, Favier, Planche, Perales, Güell - Grüneis.

boira tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Liesenhoff - Hunyadi, Fermanelli, Lojo - Sáenz Treviño, Tottleben, Cañavate, Vargas Rivera, Širinić - Savini, Tozzato.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Rayito. Rayito could have put themselves ahead after 2 minutes but G. Grüneis missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. Some great play up the middle by Rayito led to a chance for I. Kozhuharov to score after 13 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. 0 - 0 was the halftime score. Rayito claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 57 percent.

As D. Lojo had, completely unprovoked, swept the legs out from under an opponent in front of a linesman, the referee gave the boira player a red card without batting an eyelid. The player down was M. Favier. The Rayito bench looked worried for a while, but in the end he managed to get up. 78 minutes in, Rayito's M. Favier received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. C. Liesenhoff's knee will be throbbing for days, but thankfully for boira, he bravely continued in the match. J. Güell was ever so close to scoring after an excellent corner was beautifully flicked on by S. Naylor-Gray, but the ball bounced off the post to safety. Possession in this half belonged to Rayito, who controlled the ball 60 percent of the time.

With the scores being level after 90 minutes, the match went into extra time. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, J. Güell scored for Rayito putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 101 minutes. What a dramatic win for Rayito! Y. Planche performed admirably for Rayito. However, O. Dülmen made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating boira player was without a doubt G. Tottleben. D. Širinić turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 0.