Kau 0 - 3 As (392833559)

The 31924 fans in attendance at thestartingkau were roasting in the hot sun. Pedro Selva was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Gerardo Ramos and Martin Bakke. A 4-3-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Kau. The following players had been chosen: Bergström - Gala, Palčnik, Fadeev, Novachki - Curé, Herrera, Gabrielsen - Delaere, Tarancı, Xavier.

As tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Mañón - López de Haro, Gutiérrez, Genovese - Livathinos, Unzueta, Darith, Vejdělek, Meşkur - Deckert, Maestre Salinas.

Kau clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. P. Bergström looked great 25 minutes into the match after stopping a shot from the middle of the penalty area from the visitors' M. Vejdělek. After the game, the most discussed event will probably be the penalty given after 32 minutes that gave the visitors the 0 - 1 lead. Despite the controversy, M. Vejdělek struck home the penalty, as cool as anything. It was 0 - 1 at the break. As claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 67 percent.

The home crowd was not impressed when J. Maestre Salinas came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 69 minutes. As were now up 0 - 2. As usual, N. Gabrielsen tried to use his strength and hard work for the benefit of the team, but the heat hit him hard and he couldn't keep pace at all. Several players seemed a little dazed by the warm weather, and were repeatedly tricked by the clever and agile A. Palčnik. J. Maestre Salinas of As took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 83 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 3. By now, the players in As felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. H. Xavier of Kau received a yellow card after 86 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. H. Xavier almost reduced the deficit, having drawn the entire left side defence away, but the shot went straight into the arms of the goalkeeper. Possession in this half belonged to As, who controlled the ball 63 percent of the time.

Kau's top performer was clearly H. Xavier. P. Bergström was a disappointment, however. The most dominating As player was without a doubt J. Maestre Salinas. However, R. Genovese made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 3.