deportivo 3 - 5 MATADORES (393911971)

572 punters turned up at Fortin, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Jesús Colell was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Fabian Katenland and Cenap Yörük. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for deportivo. They fielded: González - Méndez, 荣南 (Rongnan), Jaroszyński - Miguelete, Glück, Uljas, Gallop, Montalvetti - Eguiguren, Moncada.

MATADORES had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Quiroga - Araujo, Zuliani, Romero - Ozeri, Montero, Fonseca, Vega Gallego, Garibotto - Oré, Jortama.

Pressing was the tactic of the day for deportivo. Almost all the way down to the corner flag, deportivo's D. Miguelete somehow managed to get a perfect pass into the middle, impossible to miss for R. Moncada, who struck for 1 - 0. After 26 minutes, J. Uljas put deportivo ahead 2 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. At this point, it was obvious that the players of deportivo lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. D. Miguelete made a quick rush after 30 minutes, but G. Romero had no problems keeping up the pace and stopped the attack. With 34 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock, MATADORES showed some good skill and were able to reduce the score to 2 - 1 when J. Oré got past the home side's central defenders right in front of the goal. MATADORES tied it all up, 36 minutes in, after a spectacular goal by P. Zuliani, who miraculously broke through the home side's central defence, making it 2 - 2. The terraces were silenced after 43 minutes when MATADORES 's M. Araujo put the guests ahead 2 - 3, following an attack on the right. deportivo's E. Montalvetti made an attempt at equalising 44 minutes into the match, coming in from the right, but the ball hit the post and the defence easily cleared the rebound. D. Garibotto increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 2 - 4. Halftime score was 2 - 4. MATADORES claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 51 percent.

deportivo's fans were urging them forward as they tried to get back into the game, and their vocal support was rewarded 66 minutes into the match as E. Montalvetti ran onto a beautiful ball played through the visitors' defence and slotted it past the keeper to reduce the deficit. 3 - 4. A drive down the left side allowed R. Jortama to get in close and score another goal for MATADORES after 76 minutes, taking the score to 3 - 5. The players of MATADORES now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. MATADORES had most of the ball, with 53 percent of possession.

deportivo's top performer was clearly R. Eguiguren. 谭. 荣南 (Rongnan) turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important MATADORES player was J. Oré. G. Romero was a disappointment, however. The match ends 3 - 5.