malaka2 2 - 0 Zuri-k-ta (393489626)

Dark skies made the crowd of 1792 at malaka2 Arena a little nervous, but the rain held off. Alberto Lazaro was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Matías Anzorena and Mor Narkis. A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for malaka2. They fielded: Wickborn - Segura, Dovao - Nachev, 绍彬 (Shaobin), Xirinachs, Arrufat, Puche García - López Guillén, Bilbao, Carvajal.

Zuri-k-ta had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. Starters: Drukman - Mena, Abaitua, Maaravi - Rocchia, La Torre, D' Andrade, Gamboa - Aruj, Unali, Giménez.

It was an obvious ambition of Zuri-k-ta to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. After 9 minutes, S. López Guillén came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 1 - 0, giving malaka2 the lead. W. Rocchia of Zuri-k-ta received a yellow card after 13 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. D. Carvajal should probably have put his team up another goal after 14 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by S. Drukman kept the visitors in the game. The game was close to savage at times, and Zuri-k-ta's W. Rocchia received a second yellow card after 15 minutes; his ticket out of the game. Due to a severely mistimed tackle, R. Bilbao of malaka2 spent some time on the grass writhing in agony before he could get up and continue the game. 1 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by malaka2, with 73 percent of the ball.

Zuri-k-ta needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 48 minutes F. Mena made way for G. Sneekstra. With 61 minutes played, malaka2's 杜. 绍彬 (Shaobin) almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. X. de Toro was called on to replace malaka2's 杜. 绍彬 (Shaobin) after 63 minutes following a nasty collision. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in malaka2's H. Xirinachs increasing the lead to 2 - 0. L. La Torre of Zuri-k-ta was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. A great save by keeper S. Drukman after 72 minutes kept the visitors in the game after R. Bilbao struck from the left with a real cannonball. Zuri-k-ta's L. La Torre left the field after 78 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was J. Durieux. Possession in this half belonged to malaka2, who controlled the ball 63 percent of the time.

malaka2's top performer was clearly V. Nachev. A. Segura was a disappointment, however. Zuri-k-ta's best player was J. Abaitua. E. Aruj on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 0.