Xerez 1 - 4 gordas (393404387)

906 punters turned up at Chapin, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Tor Knudsen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Tenesor Olabarría and Federico Spotti. Xerez tactics involved an interesting 2-5-2 combination. Lineup: Atotxa - Zahafi, Pektay - Ofer, Jawachi, Estades, Hejcman, Lucini - Kask, Fossum.

gordas started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Domínguez - Stramel, Demetri, Bala - Cabranes, Campilongo, Schwartz, Cuadrillero, Vinterbratt - Marello, Lleras.

It was an obvious ambition of Xerez to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. gordas saw most attack opportunities on the wings. The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of gordas's J. Lleras after 6 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 0 - 1 lead. gordas's G. Stramel was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 12 minutes. 31 minutes in, Xerez appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only weak. After 32 minutes of play, L. Kask evened things up for Xerez with an impressive goal coming up the middle. 1 - 1. The terraces were silenced after 34 minutes when gordas's A. Schwartz put the guests ahead 1 - 2, following an attack on the right. gordas increased their lead after 36 minutes when Á. Cabranes broke through on the right, upping the score to 1 - 3, much to the home crowd's dismay. One of many good crosses from Á. Cabranes on the wing was received and skillfully taken care of by J. Lleras, who scored for gordas. 1 - 4 At this point, it was obvious that the players of gordas lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. The home crowd cheered when, after 38 minutes, J. Lleras's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. 1 - 4 was the score after the first half. gordas claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 63 percent.

The Xerez players spent the break getting a rerun of the team's tactical organisation and regained a passable organisation when the game started again. Á. Cabranes wanted to play on, but the gordas coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 52 minutes into the game by O. Madrid. The coach of gordas was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 54 minutes, B. Villalba came on for C. Bala. Content with how the game was proceeding, the gordas coach let J. Landín replace J. Lleras after 57 minutes. gordas were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. gordas's D. Cuadrillero made it through the home team's defence on the right hand side 61 minutes into the match. After rounding the keeper, he only had to place the ball in the unguarded goal when a defender slid in and cleared the ball off the line. Players in gordas heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. 77 minutes into the game, Xerez seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a inadequate level of organisation. F. Vinterbratt was, after 78 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors' lead with a well placed diving header after the ball had looped into the centre, but the home side's keeper E. Atotxa made the save. E. Atotxa got a fingertip on C. Marello's shot from the left 82 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. Attacking on the wings was the choice for gordas, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. After the ball was lifted in from the left, M. Campilongo was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 87 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. The referee showed gordas's O. Madrid the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. 88 minutes into the game, Xerez seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to inadequate. gordas enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 58 percent of possession.

The most dominating Xerez player was without a doubt J. Ofer. A. Jawachi turned in a dismal performance, however. A. Schwartz performed admirably for gordas. On the other hand, M. Domínguez's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 4.