El_12_F.C. 0 - 6 Armenfish (393044537)

Dark skies made the crowd of 62448 at .El Loco Martin Palermo.. a little nervous, but the rain held off. Lutz Tiedewitz was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jesús Joven and David Selby. El_12_F.C. decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Busz - Mangin, Garí, Alaniz - Serbaz, Mickāns, Le Goff, Marizcurena, Gattuso - Thörnstrand, Mata.

Armenfish started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Arismendi - Bercini, Steern, Atanasov - Osmajić, Feliu, Slaboch, Sandu, Olmedo - Olcay, Verdin.

El_12_F.C. seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. Armenfish saw most attack opportunities on the wings. Armenfish were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. Armenfish's V. Bercini managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 3 minutes. 0 - 1. The home crowd was not impressed when F. Olcay came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 11 minutes. Armenfish were now up 0 - 2. P. Gattuso of El_12_F.C. received a yellow card after 12 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Players in Armenfish heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. With 34 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed F. Olcay of Armenfish to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 3. After 35 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed F. Olcay to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 4. This third goal completed a hattrick for F. Olcay. Confident in their lead, Armenfish's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. S. Serbaz of El_12_F.C. was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. There was concern in the stands when, at the 39 minute mark, El_12_F.C.'s P. Gattuso hit the ground hard, but he refused the attention of the trainer and rejoined his teammates on the pitch. El_12_F.C.'s S. Serbaz set up a perfect opportunity for F. Mata, but the latter failed to score. Armenfish increased their lead after 41 minutes when Y. Atanasov broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 5, much to the home crowd's dismay. It was 0 - 5 at the break. Armenfish had most of the ball, with 63 percent of possession.

Armenfish's D. Verdin startled N. Osmajić with an unexpected pass. Unfortunately, the receiver was too stunned by the play to convert the perfect setup into a goal. D. Verdin wanted to play on, but the Armenfish coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 70 minutes into the game by I. Sava. After a short break after 70 minutes, Armenfish seemed to change their tactical approach a bit. After 70 minutes, the Armenfish players received new instructions from their manager on how to keep in control of the game. With the scoreboard showing that 71 minutes had been played, Armenfish nearly put themselves up another goal after I. Sava came through on the left. Fortunately for the home crowd, the keeper made the save. It was obvious that Armenfish had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. N. Osmajić increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 6. Possession in this half belonged to Armenfish, who controlled the ball 68 percent of the time.

El_12_F.C.'s best player was T. Thörnstrand. On the other hand, R. Alaniz's play was disheartening. F. Olcay performed admirably for Armenfish. V. Bercini was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 6.