deportivo 1 - 4 TRILENIUM (393288119)

A scorching day at Fortin, where 571 spectators were in place for today's match. Niculae Sitaru was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ludger Lanske and Gilles Wolter. deportivo decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Starters: González - Pared, Avallay, Coppola - Miguelete, Glück, Uljas, Gallop, Montalvetti - Eguiguren, Videla.

TRILENIUM started off with a 4-3-3 lineup. Lineup: Madariaga - Reinfeld, Capoferri, Soldán, Cisneros - Cambados, Manwaring, Amiudal - Sánchez, Orosz, Vieytes.

The strategy for deportivo was to use their ability to press. TRILENIUM were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave J. Cisneros from TRILENIUM a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 7 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! The referee showed TRILENIUM's L. Soldán the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. They were singing the praises of H. Avallay 38 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 1 - 0 to deportivo. F. Sánchez finished off a quick charge from the left of the field by chipping the ball just past the home side's keeper, making the score 1 - 1 40 minutes into the match. It was 1 - 1 at the break. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by deportivo, with 57 percent of the ball.

The heat made it a terrible day for A. Reinfeld, who seemed unable to keep up with the other players. After a fine move down the middle E. Montalvetti nearly gave the home side a goal after 57 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. TRILENIUM's J. Cisneros left the field after 61 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was G. Gagainis. 77 minutes into the game, A. Reinfeld was a hair's breadth away from giving TRILENIUM the lead with a shot from over on the left. A prompt block by S. González saved the home team that time. D. Gallop showed his inexperience when he failed to anticipate the bounce of a high ball, allowing TRILENIUM's P. Cambados to take advantage and place a shot into the bottom corner of the goal. 1 - 2. The pressing tactics used by deportivo were successful as the ball remained close to the half way line at all times. TRILENIUM's U. Manwaring got himself booked for a foul. With 83 minutes played, TRILENIUM put themselves up 1 - 3 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was B. Orosz. A drive down the left side allowed L. Soldán to get in close and score another goal for TRILENIUM after 88 minutes, taking the score to 1 - 4. After 89 minutes, TRILENIUM were awarded a free kick. Rather than shooting straight at goal, the taker went for an indirect variant which seemed to take his team mates a bit by surprise. P. Cambados did attempt a finish, but from an awkward position, sending the ball into the away fans. deportivo claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 52 percent.

deportivo's best player was D. Gallop. H. Coppola turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating TRILENIUM player was without a doubt F. Sánchez. G. Gagainis was a disappointment, however. The match ends 1 - 4.