murcielago 5 - 0 salNegra (394034491)

Dark skies made the crowd of 1341 at MANOLO PRECIADO ESTADIUM a little nervous, but the rain held off. Tim Rousing was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Robert Uddhult and Lukas Panicker. murcielago had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. Lineup: Csata - Zekanović, Benavides, Gálvez - Letzing, Westerlaken, d'Ursel, Ozores - Faus, Melón, Caldera.

salNegra decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. They fielded: Harmuth - Treviño, Tejedor, Cetina - Gerov, Figueres, Gauna, Harbeoui - Martínez Cabezón, Cirna, Baños.

murcielago mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. murcielago fans held their breath as M. Caldera scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 1 - 0! S. Westerlaken should probably have put his team up another goal after 32 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by T. Harmuth kept the visitors in the game. 1 - 0 was the score after the first half. murcielago claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 76 percent.

With 47 minutes played, murcielago put themselves up 2 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to G. Melón, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. murcielago were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. 61 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as Q. Faus broke through, making the score 3 - 0 for murcielago. The players of murcielago now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. Things were deteriorating for the away team as murcielago scored another to make it 4 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for B. Zekanović after 81 minutes. The home side's W. d'Ursel came close to extending the lead 82 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but T. Harmuth managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. murcielago solidified their lead at the 86 minute mark, as M. Caldera dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 5 - 0. murcielago had most of the ball, with 77 percent of possession.

V. Csata performed admirably for murcielago. On the other hand, Q. Faus's play was disheartening. Most important salNegra player was I. Martínez Cabezón. However, E. Harbeoui made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 5 - 0.