sombras 0 - 6 Barce (393876638)

2506 punters turned up at Robur Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Assi Melamed was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Rubén Rodríguez and Bertrand Barrière. The match took place on neutral ground. sombras had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Starters: Nilsson - Taka, Cabasés, Yusti, Botić - Kurdziel, Butks, Dumas, Rubin - Cordero, Machado Gonçalves.

Barce decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Venanzi - Zapata, Aceves, Vetro - Tóth, Csibor, Dulce, Duvborn, Guachamín - Bøgebjerg, Salas.

The wings were the focus of most of sombras's attacks today. F. Bøgebjerg came close to putting the visiting team one up 5 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but H. Nilsson managed to tip the ball to a corner. The guests took the lead 22 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in U. Zapata scoring to make it 0 - 1. With 34 minutes played, J. Dulce nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. Barce's R. Aceves got himself booked for a foul. After 37 minutes, sombras's A. Machado Gonçalves fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! 38 minutes into the game, sombras seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a passable level of organisation. After 38 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed P. Duvborn to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 2. With 40 minutes played, Barce put themselves up 0 - 3 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was J. Dulce. 41 minutes into the game, sombras had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to weak. 0 - 3 was the halftime score. Barce enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 65 percent of possession.

Despite his frustration resulting in the smashing of a few teacups, the coach of sombras was able to get his message across, and raised sombras's organisation to solid. 47 minutes into the match, A. Salas came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. Some fine movement on the left led to a Barce goal after 54 minutes, making it 0 - 4. G. Guachamín was noted down as the scorer. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Barce lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Barce increased their lead after 72 minutes when R. Aceves broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 5, much to the home crowd's dismay. 75 minutes into the game, sombras seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to passable. The visitors' A. Salas took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 78 minutes into the match. 0 - 6 for Barce. Barce had most of the ball, with 69 percent of possession.

The most dominating sombras player was without a doubt I. Butks. However, A. Machado Gonçalves made a disastrous appearance. Barce's best player was J. Dulce. U. Zapata turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 6.