catalans 2 - 5 Carajillo (392847543)

Clouds darkened the skies at Catalunya lliure as 28000 spectators turned up for the match. Kristof 'King Kong' Killemaes was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Victor Popa and Stoffe Gangbom. catalans started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Sardá - Meltl, Ascariz, Ojeda - Küçük, Pacheco, Guerinot, Pietilä, Roura - Zechner, Buşe.

Carajillo decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Gómez de la Serna - Rinsa, Cobo, Ander - Eichelbaum, Vallès, Soler, Abbasi, Chalmers - Mosquera, Marinoni.

A lovely run by catalans's V. Buşe left his markers for dead and should have resulted in a goal, but the finish went just wide. catalans made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left C. Küçük completely alone with keeper D. Gómez de la Serna, who made a spectacular block. The guests took the lead 26 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in P. Soler scoring to make it 0 - 1. P. Chalmers left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 27 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. E. Raga was the replacement. In a rapid move 38 minutes into the match, V. Buşe of catalans lost his man and passed the ball to the unmarked P. Zechner who easily hit it home to make it 1 - 1. Luckily the ref didn't see him taunting the opposing fans in celebration - naughty boy! 1 - 1 was the halftime score. Carajillo claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 53 percent.

Many thought H. Meltl ought to have been awarded a penalty 49 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around D. Gómez de la Serna after a determined run through the middle. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, P. Ascariz scored for catalans putting them ahead 2 - 1, after 51 minutes. The visitors refused to give in and, after 57 minutes, S. Ander evened things up as he finished off a perfect pass from the right. 2 - 2 After 71 minutes, Carajillo began to show their lack of experience and they threatened to wilt under the heavy pressure from their opposition. The most controversial moment of the game was likely the penalty given after 75 minutes. Carajillo's F. Cobo kept his concentration, despite the upset crowd, and calmly put the ball past the keeper to make the score 2 - 3. After 77 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed M. Mosquera to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 2 - 4. The coach of Carajillo was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 77 minutes, V. Guayre came on for M. Mosquera. The Carajillo players could smell victory in the air. D. Gómez de la Serna wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for F. Haj-Kaleel after 77 minutes. catalans needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 80 minutes P. Zechner made way for E. Thorsen. With 80 minutes played, the catalans coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. O. Guevara came on, P. Roura had to leave the fray. An amazing free kick flew past the home keeper 86 minutes into the match, putting Carajillo ahead 2 - 5. F. Cobo was the scorer. catalans's R. Pacheco had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 87 minutes having been played. R. Monzón was the replacement. Possession in this half belonged to Carajillo, who controlled the ball 53 percent of the time.

catalans's best player was J. Pietilä. However, C. Ojeda made a disastrous appearance. Carajillo's top performer was clearly G. Marinoni. On the other hand, F. Haj-Kaleel's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 5.