Madrid 85 1 - 5 Bergampf (393032828)

56000 punters turned up at Santiago Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Gunter Schappe was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Brian Barker and Freddie Gersmann. Madrid 85 started off with a 5-2-3 lineup. Lineup: Terrona - Tamay, Timm, Mondragón, Lo Bartolo, Schwertke - Øyen, Herben - Maduzia, Alastuey, Vrânceanu.

Bergampf had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. The following players took the field: Belghith - Chamorra, Staśkiewicz - Szalai, Acosta, Ibrahim, Soleto, Sousa - Āboliņš, Bourdon, Mile.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Madrid 85. The wings were the focus of most of Bergampf's attacks today. A. Ibrahim of Bergampf seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 0 - 1 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by R. Acosta. A drive down the left side allowed I. Āboliņš to get in close and score another goal for Bergampf after 19 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 2. Attacking on the wings was the choice for Bergampf, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. 24 minutes into the game, Bergampf worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch. Madrid 85 showed their counterattack skill 28 minutes into the match by breaking through the middle, with S. Herben scoring uncontested for 1 - 2. Madrid 85's S. Lo Bartolo had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 33 minutes having been played. P. Bułkowski was the replacement. 34 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 1 - 3 as R. Acosta finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. It was 1 - 3 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to Bergampf, who controlled the ball 75 percent of the time.

After 53 minutes Madrid 85's P. Bułkowski had to be carried off on a stretcher in agony. F. Talamonti came in to replace him. After 62 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed A. Ibrahim to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 1 - 4. An indecisive keeper looked on as a free kick by Bergampf's R. Acosta put the visitors up 1 - 5 after 63 minutes. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Bergampf lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. After 65 minutes, A. Vrânceanu had a good opportunity to reduce the scoreline for Madrid 85 with a chance created through the middle, but wasn't cool enough. The ball went miles over the bar. Unhappy with the result so far in the game, the Madrid 85 manager used a brief break in play after 70 minutes to give the players new directives. The Madrid 85 coach was desperate to reverse his team's fortunes in the game, and ordered his team to change strategy. The Madrid 85 players listened closely to their manager, as he gave new tactical instructions for the team. As the game started to slip away for Madrid 85, the manager decided to change the tactical approach. After 80 minutes, Madrid 85 used a short break in the game to take new instructions from their coach. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Bergampf, with 74 percent of the ball.

Madrid 85's best player was Y. Tamay. F. Talamonti on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Bergampf player was I. Āboliņš. M. Mile was a disappointment, however. The match ends 1 - 5.