Core-RN 0 - 3 ESTRELAS (392703753)

Dark skies made the crowd of 33283 at Bridge Stadium a little nervous, but the rain held off. Sorin Vãduva was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Néstor Homero Giordanengo and Manuel Berschweiler. Core-RN decided to use a 4-5-1 set up. The following players took the field: Escobedo - Collaço, Boureanu, Fabricatore, Ericeq - Adolfsson, Fide, De Nicolo, Dobos, Kolankiewicz - Govantes.

ESTRELAS tactics involved an interesting 4-5-1 combination. Lineup: Reine - Legland, Van der Zanden, Gade, Vela - Hormazabal, Nebot, Korsós, Peeters, Pavan - Risse.

Today, Core-RN's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. ESTRELAS saw most attack opportunities on the wings. The guests took the lead 9 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in A. Pavan scoring to make it 0 - 1. With the scoreboard showing that 29 minutes had been played, ESTRELAS nearly put themselves up another goal after F. Vela came through on the left. Fortunately for the home crowd, the keeper made the save. G. Risse hit the corner kick straight to the keeper, but it was mishandled, giving ESTRELAS's F. Vela an easy chance to knock it in for 0 - 2. Confident in their lead, ESTRELAS's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. 0 - 2 was the score after the first half. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by ESTRELAS, with 61 percent of the ball.

G. Risse wanted to play on, but the ESTRELAS coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 46 minutes into the game by D. Jurowicz. A. Pavan left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 46 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. J. Bongrand was the replacement. The ESTRELAS players could smell victory in the air. D. Peeters wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for B. Biezenveld after 57 minutes. Core-RN needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 60 minutes N. Govantes made way for D. Akşan. After 68 minutes, following yet another great corner, D. Jurowicz's flick on at the near post reached B. Biezenveld, who was just wide with his snapshot - the ball went out for a goal kick. The corner kick from F. Vela was powerfully met by the head of M. Gade to make the score 0 - 3. ESTRELAS's S. Nebot made it through the home team's defence on the right hand side 86 minutes into the match. After rounding the keeper, he only had to place the ball in the unguarded goal when a defender slid in and cleared the ball off the line. ESTRELAS's M. Gade got himself booked for a foul. D. Boureanu of Core-RN had to be helped off the pitch as an injury meant he was unable to finish the game. İ. Koç came in to finish the match. ESTRELAS claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 60 percent.

Core-RN's top performer was clearly B. Kolankiewicz. S. Ericeq was a disappointment, however. The most dominating ESTRELAS player was without a doubt D. Legland. D. Jurowicz turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 3.