Masalba 2 - 1 FCB (394237375)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 2853 had shown up at Superlopez Stadium for the match. Mirco Klocke was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Florin Dobrin and Albrecht Theillard. Masalba tactics involved an interesting 5-4-1 combination. The following players took the field: Jiménez Eneas - Gaztanaga, Mihai, Foica, Warsame, Vásquez - Robertsson, Rodriguez, Hess Araya, Lequime - Hontana.

A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for FCB. The following players had been chosen: Ács - Prosper, Aanen - Vannier, Al-Shair, Paronetto, Hoogeveen, Jelkić - Ursino, Carn, Tótka.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Masalba. FCB saw most attack opportunities on the wings. I. Gaztanaga behaved like an inexperienced youth player after 5 minutes as he gave the ball away to D. Jelkić. Lucky for him though, there was no goal. Masalba's B. Lequime got himself booked for a foul. A loud groan was heard from the fans of FCB, as P. Paronetto left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. L. Quasten took his place on the field. L. Quasten had a good opportunity to give FCB the lead as he charged down the right and struck the ball towards the top corner, but the home team's goalkeeper made the save. Attacking on the wings was the choice for FCB, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. FCB took the lead after 38 minutes making the score 0 - 1. O. Tótka placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. Halftime score was 0 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to FCB, who controlled the ball 60 percent of the time.

P. Rodriguez knocked one home from a counterattack down the right wing, making the score 1 - 1 after 63 minutes. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to J. Hess Araya, but the Masalba player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 2 - 1! FCB enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 59 percent of possession.

Most important Masalba player was J. Foica. However, P. Jiménez Eneas made a disastrous appearance. D. Jelkić performed admirably for FCB. S. Aanen turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 2 - 1.