united 2 - 3 ElMedicos (393179710)

A brilliantly sunny day had enticed a crowd of 3423 to Vasillis Leventis. Rigoberto Cuervo was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jean Vonwyl and Vidar Grøtterud. united decided to use a 4-5-1 set up. They fielded: Asariotakis - Alume, da Conceição, Mentis, Plieningen - Paraprastanitis, Balmon, Psaltis, Figueroa, Kazanidis - Ruokolainen.

ElMedicos started off with a 5-3-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Kaskens - Logofătu, Šťastný, Kłęk, Naseckas, Magliulo - Sepp, Sterrenburg, Blog - Odijk, Harasani.

united clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. For their match strategy, ElMedicos had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. united had a good opportunity to take the lead as F. Plieningen came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of J. Kaskens. After 3 minutes, a well-worked counterattack by ElMedicos on the right presented an easy opportunity in front of the goal that was duly converted by G. Harasani to make it 0 - 1. After 9 minutes, N. Kazanidis got through on the right and was very close to equalising for the home side, but didn't get the shot away. After 19 minutes, E. Mentis made a dash down the middle past the away team's defenders to score the goal that made it 1 - 1. With 24 minutes played, united's well-worked indirect free kick caused havoc in the penalty area, and when the ball eventually fell to F. Figueroa he gleefully slotted the ball home to make it 2 - 1. With 27 minutes played, seemingly due to lack of experience, T. Logofătu needlessly tripped an opponent just outside the penalty area, but the free kick that followed didn't succeed. Y. Psaltis should probably have put his team up another goal after 34 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by J. Kaskens kept the visitors in the game. L. Šťastný knocked one home from a counterattack down the right wing, making the score 2 - 2 after 35 minutes. 2 - 2 was the score after the first half. united enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 76 percent of possession.

65 minutes into the game, united wanted to bring some new energy to their game. V. Ruokolainen gave V. Pantos a quick hug as he left the field. V. Blog enjoyed the sunshine and demonstrated his stunning technique over and over again. The counterattacks of ElMedicos were deadly and 75 minutes into the game, D. Sepp received a nice pass from the right flank, making it 2 - 3. It was obvious that team united had instructions to attack in the middle instead of on the wings. Central attacks were the recipe of the day for united, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. Possession in this half belonged to united, who controlled the ball 76 percent of the time.

Most important united player was Y. Paraprastanitis. E. Mentis turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating ElMedicos player was without a doubt G. Harasani. However, O. Magliulo made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 3.