TIESTOS 0 - 6 Sporting (393037459)

It was an exceptionally sunny day for the crowd of 35000 that came out to LAS GAUNAS. Tore Mehus was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Lars Zanthier and Sander Huisman. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for TIESTOS. They fielded: Bazan - Durandio, Geinsheim, Martínez - Miralles, Garayzabal, Zalvide, Troya, Fernández Mugartegui - Garbijo, Järvi.

Sporting tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Mateos - Lukkarila, Thier, Gabriëls - Overgaag, Gletter, Escobar, Acevedo, Kamouridis - Cipriani, Robert.

Sporting used their skill at pressing to cut off the attack angles of their opponents all over the field. Sporting took the lead 6 minutes into the game, making the score 0 - 1 after some elegant movement down the middle. R. Acevedo was the scorer. With 27 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed C. Cipriani of Sporting to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 2. Sporting's ability to press all over the field frequently paid dividends. V. Kamouridis dispatched a majestic long shot 31 minutes into the match, but missed the goal by a few metres. Sporting's D. Gabriëls was shown a yellow card after 35 minutes for slicing down an opponent. After 36 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave R. Acevedo a chance to increase the lead for Sporting, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 3. Halftime score was 0 - 3. Possession in this half belonged to Sporting, who controlled the ball 70 percent of the time.

At this time in the match, Sporting were using their skill at pressing to successfully stifle the game. After 66 minutes of game time, R. Acevedo had an excellent opportunity to add to the visitors' lead, clipping a volley hooked in from the right, but E. Bazan was in the right place and tipped the ball over for a corner. Several players seemed a little dazed by the warm weather, and were repeatedly tricked by the clever and agile M. Robert. After 70 minutes, Sporting's C. Cipriani burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 4. The players of Sporting now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. V. Kamouridis increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 5. The referee showed TIESTOS's E. Fernández Mugartegui the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. The home crowd was not impressed when M. Robert came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 84 minutes. Sporting were now up 0 - 6. As usual, D. Miralles 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. Sporting had most of the ball, with 74 percent of possession.

Most important TIESTOS player was V. Järvi. D. Miralles was a disappointment, however. Sporting's top performer was clearly M. Robert. However, N. Overgaag made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 6.