pelugano 1 - 3 Mostoleños (394142727)

The crowd of 58000 turning up at Los Mosquitos today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Nikolaas Lebrun was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Mikhail Romkin and Hilaire Buysschaert. pelugano started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Covas - Henriksen, Riva, Wyziński, Pou - Mozo, van de Westelaken, Giuliani, Forszpaniak - Dudáček, Machado.

A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Mostoleños. Lineup: Petersen - Imperial, Stenudd - Nasıf, Sada, Cardona, Etura, Lattanzi - Alippi, Brandío, Cànaves.

pelugano clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. pelugano's M. Forszpaniak lived up to his reputation for finding unexpected ways to get the ball in the net when he sent a nifty little pass over to F. Dudáček who finished for 1 - 0 with 27 minutes of the match played. Some brilliant football from the visitors' right wing resulted in a levelling of the score as Mostoleños's M. Nasıf put the ball in the onion bag after 36 minutes to make it 1 - 1. The boggy pitch disrupted the game, especially for technical players like M. Wyziński. Having turned the direction of play quickly, the pelugano counter attack ended as the ball carrier was brought down violently by a defender after 43 minutes. The resulting free kick was a flat shot into the area just in front of the keeper. However, the defence were on their toes and did not allow the opponents to reach the ball. 43 minutes into the game, M. Alippi was a hair's breadth away from giving Mostoleños the lead with a shot from over on the left. A prompt block by B. Covas saved the home team that time. pelugano almost scored after a counterattack 44 minutes into the match, but K. Machado took a shot from the left that landed harmlessly in the side of the net. 44 minutes into the game, P. Pou had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came R. Fitado. Mostoleños's goal to make the score 1 - 2 came via a questionable penalty, but J. Etura struck it home without a second thought. 1 - 2 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to Mostoleños, who controlled the ball 73 percent of the time.

pelugano needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 46 minutes M. Giuliani made way for M. Chaca. P. Brandío came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle. He tried to lift the ball over B. Covas but overcooked it and hit the bar instead. 72 minutes into the game, pelugano had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to passable. Had it not been for one of the home defenders, M. Nasıf would have put Mostoleños up another goal 76 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. With 78 minutes gone, a long pass from the defence of pelugano resulted in a counterattack that set K. Machado free through the middle, but the keeper made a spectacular diving save. O. Cànaves increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 1 - 3. The players of Mostoleños now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. After 80 minutes, Mostoleños's lack of experience resulted in the team's loss of their edge at the end of the game. Mostoleños enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 78 percent of possession.

pelugano's top performer was clearly F. Dudáček. R. Fitado on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Mostoleños player was O. Cànaves. P. Stenudd was a disappointment, however. The match ends 1 - 3.