Altenessen 0 - 3 lugo.c.f (393526499)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Arena Altenessen saw a crowd turnout of 2164. Radomir Faber was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ermanno Fedele and Titus Pascu. Altenessen had chosen a strategic 5-4-1 formation. Starters: Wetzk - Boeltzig, Locke, Zappia, Trojahn, Porcelani - Předota, Ağca, Babel, Sens - Ruschenski.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for lugo.c.f. The following players took the field: Amorrortu - Ivalo, Rosselli, Wiesinger - Jimilio, Althans, Euverman, Gómez, Xamena - Obelleiro, de los Mozos.

lugo.c.f were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. Altenessen were very close to putting themselves one up after 9 minutes as S. Ağca got through on the left, but failing in concentration, he shot the ball wide. After 15 minutes, Altenessen's P. Porcelani fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! Players in lugo.c.f heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. With 23 minutes gone, a long pass from the defence of Altenessen resulted in a counterattack that set S. Ağca free through the middle, but the keeper made a spectacular diving save. K. Trojahn behaved like an inexperienced youth player after 26 minutes as he gave the ball away to P. Obelleiro. Lucky for him though, there was no goal. lugo.c.f's J. Gómez had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 30 minutes having been played. A. Miķelsons was the replacement. The visitors were very close to gaining the lead with a marvellous free kick after 32 minutes, but E. Wetzk made a beautiful one-handed save. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 0. lugo.c.f enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 63 percent of possession.

The guests took the lead 59 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in P. Obelleiro scoring to make it 0 - 1. The home crowd was not impressed when A. Wiesinger came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 62 minutes. lugo.c.f were now up 0 - 2. T. Babel of Altenessen received a yellow card after 65 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. lugo.c.f were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. Some fine movement on the left led to a lugo.c.f goal after 84 minutes, making it 0 - 3. A. Wiesinger was noted down as the scorer. lugo.c.f claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 65 percent.

Most important Altenessen player was M. Boeltzig. H. Locke was a disappointment, however. The most dominating lugo.c.f player was without a doubt A. Jimilio. On the other hand, A. Miķelsons's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 3.