astur 4 - 2 InterMilanoCalcio (393244416)

1759 punters turned up at spanish coliseum, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Remi Klaus was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Eusebio Musto and Seran Boetes. astur started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Vulcani - Gall, Fernández, Browne, Rantonen - Godó, Saubot, Froscia, Iddrisu - Vanoverschelde, Escorón.

InterMilanoCalcio tactics involved an interesting 4-5-1 combination. The following players had been chosen: Ringelnatz - Schaffner, Waldvogel, Báthory-Bozó, Gremaud - Rountree, Weisheimer, Bacher, Tonnoir, Ballhaus - Lindolfo.

InterMilanoCalcio clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. After 24 minutes, N. Iddrisu sent the corner kick right to F. Browne who headed it sharply past the keeper. 1 - 0! Cheers filled the stadium as G. Godó broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 2 - 0 to astur. 28 minutes into the game, InterMilanoCalcio had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to solid. One of many good crosses from T. Ballhaus on the wing was received and skillfully taken care of by L. Rountree, who scored for InterMilanoCalcio. 2 - 1 InterMilanoCalcio's defence sent a ball soaring up the middle on a beautiful counterattack with 37 minutes gone, but T. Waldvogel's finish was met by the reaching hands of the keeper. With 39 minutes played, astur put themselves up 3 - 1 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to G. Godó, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. After 41 minutes, the defensive line of InterMilanoCalcio created a counterattack through the middle that gave L. Rountree a good look at the goal, but his shot glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. InterMilanoCalcio's R. Lindolfo has the wonderful ability to create chances out of thin air. 42 minutes into the match he bamboozled a couple of opposition defenders before sending the keeper the wrong way and sidefooting the ball home into an empty net. That totally unexpected burst of flair made it 3 - 2. A great save by keeper O. Ringelnatz after 43 minutes kept the visitors in the game after B. Vanoverschelde struck from the left with a real cannonball. It was 3 - 2 at the break. astur claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 63 percent.

The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that InterMilanoCalcio had solid organisation. N. Iddrisu's curling free kick almost found the goal for astur, but the visitors' keeper somehow managed to get ahold of it. astur increased the lead as Q. Escorón struck to make the score 4 - 2 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. 70 minutes into the game, InterMilanoCalcio seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to passable. The referee showed astur's Q. Escorón the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. With 75 minutes gone, a long pass from the defence of InterMilanoCalcio resulted in a counterattack that set R. Lindolfo free through the middle, but the keeper made a spectacular diving save. astur had most of the ball, with 68 percent of possession.

Q. Escorón performed admirably for astur. G. Saubot turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating InterMilanoCalcio player was without a doubt D. Tonnoir. T. Ballhaus on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 4 - 2.