jaggërmeister-GOL 3 - 2 Almogavers (393412858)

Dark skies made the crowd of 44971 at sa porta des moll a little nervous, but the rain held off. Inozens Guttempler was the appointed referee. jaggërmeister-GOL started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Bravetti - Turko, Harbin, Balbetti - Babau, Brozius, Karabacak, Lindhbeck, Bovelander - Rizzetto, Copóns.

Almogavers tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. The following players had been chosen: Cardona - Nystad, Pirttikoski, Piccardo - Urkiza, Jalón, Zarpas Payá, Pieprzyca - Gossler, Proietti, Jędras.

It was obvious that Almogavers were using their pressing skill as their primary tactic. S. Jędras of Almogavers was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. After 13 minutes, P. Copóns came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 1 - 0, giving jaggërmeister-GOL the lead. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, G. Harbin got himself booked. The manager of jaggërmeister-GOL was not happy. Cheers filled the stadium as E. Brozius broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 2 - 0 to jaggërmeister-GOL. The Almogavers coach was desperate to reverse his team's fortunes in the game, and ordered his team to change strategy. After 28 minutes, Almogavers used a short break in the game to take new instructions from their coach. Almogavers managed to reduce the score to 2 - 1 as S. Jędras finished off a well-played combination from the left, easily carving through the defence. It was 2 - 1 at the break. jaggërmeister-GOL claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 59 percent.

In a rapid move 55 minutes into the match, K. Pieprzyca of Almogavers lost his man and passed the ball to the unmarked O. Gossler who easily hit it home to make it 2 - 2. Luckily the ref didn't see him taunting the opposing fans in celebration - naughty boy! E. Brozius really should have scored when he was chosen by fate to confront a wide open goal following a great play by G. Harbin after a corner. Many thought F. Rizzetto ought to have been awarded a penalty 62 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around J. Cardona after a determined run through the middle. Almogavers's O. Gossler had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 66 minutes having been played. M. Landen was the replacement. After a fine move down the middle F. Babau nearly gave the home side a goal after 72 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. F. Rizzetto could have put jaggërmeister-GOL into the lead after 73 minutes, but the free kick went just wide. With 76 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 3 - 2 lead as G. Balbetti flipped the ball in after a cross from the right. With 79 minutes played, R. Zarpas Payá of Almogavers fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. The bench was restless, and with 89 minutes passed Almogavers's coach gave V. Zijp the opportunity the player had been hoping for. R. Zarpas Payá reluctantly left the field. With 89 minutes played, the Almogavers coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. S. Serrat came on, K. Pieprzyca had to leave the fray. Possession in this half belonged to jaggërmeister-GOL, who controlled the ball 62 percent of the time.

P. Copóns performed admirably for jaggërmeister-GOL. S. Bravetti was a disappointment, however. Almogavers's best player was J. Cardona. S. Serrat turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 3 - 2.