rosario 1 - 1 Rangers (393725260)

854 spectators had found their way to centro social, despite the heavy rain. Mario Menichetti was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Carl-Friedhelm Fürchtling and Vesa Korhonen. rosario decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. They fielded: Särkkä - Oriols, Albert, Parada - Herforder, Panduru, Triadó, Hadatsch - Fifield, Sietes, Grobelski.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Rangers. The following players took the field: Herbogo - Muurling, MacKnight, Kerr - MacCowan, McLeod, Thomson, McTavish, House - Rougemont, Árva.

Priding himself in being an active coach, the Rangers manager gave new instructions to his players after 1 minutes. The coach of Rangers wanted to try to change things around after 1 minutes, and gave new tactical instructions. With the match clock at 1 minutes, Rangers modified their style of play a little bit. rosario could have put themselves ahead after 8 minutes but B. Fifield missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. rosario's J. Triadó got himself booked for a foul. Z. Grobelski caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 28 minutes. This gave rosario the 1 - 0 lead. The home team will be cursing M. McTavish for weeks; he finished off a great pass from the left, knocking it past the keeper without a problem. The match was level at 1 - 1 after 29 minutes. rosario were very close to putting themselves one up after 34 minutes as R. Sietes got through on the left, but failing in concentration, he shot the ball wide. At 36 minutes played, B. Fifield came in from the right with the intention of giving rosario the lead, but his rocket of a shot rattled the crossbar. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave J. Oriols from rosario a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 39 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Halftime score was 1 - 1. rosario had most of the ball, with 56 percent of possession.

The visitors were very close to gaining the lead with a marvellous free kick after 57 minutes, but A. Särkkä made a beautiful one-handed save. rosario's Z. Grobelski tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. The home crowd breathed a collective sigh of relief when A. Rougemont was unable to put the ball in the net after his show of skill down the left 85 minutes into the match. He was seen beating the pitch in frustration at missing such a good chance to give his team the lead! A. Rougemont of Rangers was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. rosario claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 60 percent.

Most important rosario player was Z. Grobelski. I. Panduru was a disappointment, however. The most dominating Rangers player was without a doubt E. House. W. Muurling on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 1.