spurg 3 - 1 Grilluz (392819458)

A brilliantly sunny day had enticed a crowd of 43132 to A. Battistoli Arena. Tamás E. Szabó was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Anders Håkansson and Nykyfor Rybkin. spurg had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. They fielded: Barucha - Vallejos, Agosto - Leszczyński, Hertzberger, Heikola, Iozzino, Mähr - Regelin, Tenente, Buunk.

Grilluz tactics involved an interesting 5-3-2 combination. Starters: Farroni - Ghinelli, Mennella, Mezzasalma, Kravchuk, Chimán - Wiloch, Pozuelo, Magyar - Wandtke, Galdino.

Grilluz took the lead 30 minutes into the game, making the score 0 - 1 after some elegant movement down the middle. D. Chimán was the scorer. With 31 minutes played, I. Kravchuk nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by spurg, with 59 percent of the ball.

After 76 minutes of play, B. Vallejos evened things up for spurg with an impressive goal coming up the middle. 1 - 1. spurg took the lead after 77 minutes as a result of S. Regelin's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 2 - 1. The visitors' equaliser seemed sure to come after 86 minutes, following a one on one situation around the left hand side of the goal area, but A. Barucha got the best of it, blocking the shot from J. Wandtke. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in spurg's D. Buunk increasing the lead to 3 - 1. Grilluz's J. Wandtke got himself booked for a foul. Possession in this half belonged to spurg, who controlled the ball 59 percent of the time.

spurg's top performer was clearly D. Buunk. M. Mähr was a disappointment, however. Most important Grilluz player was L. Pozuelo. G. Mennella turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 3 - 1.