Nucleo 0 - 1 miquel (393396773)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 551 had shown up at Nucleo Arena for the match. Gabriel Cànaves was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Remi Saltzer and Martin Robinsson. Nucleo had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Olmos - Di Lello, Falquist, Turchetti - Artime, Latvakoski, Saareoja, Matteo, de Nijs - Levati, Rieto.

A 5-3-2 alignment was the formation of choice for miquel. Starters: Guerreiro - Gobber, Cattaneo, Lérias, Miccoli, Enggård - Ortu, Ghedin, Matlęga - Leemhuis, Martín Gómez.

For their match strategy, miquel had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. With 36 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending. W. Ortu put the ball away for 0 - 1. miquel had a great opportunity to score following a counterattack after 42 minutes, but M. Martín Gómez's shot from the left sailed high over the bar. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave A. Saareoja from Nucleo a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 43 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! 0 - 1 was the score after the first half. Nucleo claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 70 percent.

Had it not been for one of the home defenders, Z. Matlęga would have put miquel up another goal 60 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. M. Di Lello received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly 62 minutes into the match, probably out of lack of experience, and almost let an opponent score. R. Levati charged down the left and had a wonderful opportunity to score the equaliser for Nucleo, but the shot went well wide of the goal. With the clock showing 79 minutes played, a great pass from the defensive line of miquel resulted in a counterattack that was smoothly brought under control by C. Gobber in the centre of the opposition's penalty area, but his finish went high. The home crowd cheered when, after 82 minutes, E. Lérias's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. M. Martín Gómez of miquel was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. Possession in this half belonged to Nucleo, who controlled the ball 66 percent of the time.

Most important Nucleo player was E. Latvakoski. M. Di Lello on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating miquel player was without a doubt E. Lérias. W. Ortu was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 1.