VACHILLAS 6 - 2 Atletico (393581608)

1046 fans braved the pouring rain at PUENTES ARENA. Ignazio Schupfur was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Maxime Burel and Jesper Greve. VACHILLAS started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Gürgül - Colzi, Trujillo, Riquelme, Ylikärppä - Steri, Tzvetkov, Carvajal, Boyd - Brendle, Silanes.

Atletico tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Armesto - Bouche, Miseje, Quirini - Mansilla, Vicente, Rosado, Terroba, Tenorio - Barbereau, Yaltır.

After some beautiful movement down the left wing, G. Tzvetkov scored for VACHILLAS putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 3 minutes. In a rapid move 8 minutes into the match, A. Tenorio of Atletico lost his man and passed the ball to the unmarked A. Barbereau who easily hit it home to make it 1 - 1. Luckily the ref didn't see him taunting the opposing fans in celebration - naughty boy! The home side put themselves ahead 2 - 1 after 15 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from C. Brendle, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. With 16 minutes played, P. Rosado of Atletico fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. Atletico levelled the score after 18 minutes to make it 2 - 2, as S. Bouche struck home after a fine midfield combination through the centre, which left him completely unmarked. They were singing the praises of D. Silanes 21 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 3 - 2 to VACHILLAS. With 32 minutes played, VACHILLAS's D. Silanes almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. 3 - 2 was the score after the first half. VACHILLAS claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 59 percent.

Content with how the game was proceeding, the VACHILLAS coach let D. González replace F. Trujillo after 58 minutes. G. Steri became the new VACHILLAS captain. D. Boyd made a nice dash down the wing after 66 minutes, but was unable to get the cross into the box. A goal kick was awarded. E. Carvajal increased the lead for VACHILLAS to 4 - 2, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! At this point, it was obvious that the players of VACHILLAS lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. D. Terroba did not have a good day today, often losing his footing on the muddy pitch. With 77 minutes played, VACHILLAS put themselves up 5 - 2 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to D. Silanes, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. 82 minutes into the game, A. Barbereau had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came A. Malandrino. A. Malandrino was the new captain of Atletico - handed the armband by the departing player. VACHILLAS managed to extend their lead to 6 - 2 when D. Riquelme cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. G. Miseje had a hard time on the waterlogged pitch - his trademark technique was nowhere in sight today. After 88 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by G. Tzvetkov might have resulted in another goal for VACHILLAS. However, A. Armesto made a spectacular save. VACHILLAS had most of the ball, with 59 percent of possession.

VACHILLAS's top performer was clearly A. Ylikärppä. D. González on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Atletico player was without a doubt A. Malandrino. A. Tenorio was a disappointment, however. The match ends 6 - 2.