streetplitos 2 - 3 Girona (394276913)

701 spectators arrived at La Jungla, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Gustaw Foit was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ronald van Egeraat and Claudio Castellini. streetplitos decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players took the field: Balduit - Candela, Kääpä, Ena - Mészáros, Olivares, Thayer, Dunkov, Alb - Farnelli, Pârşu.

Girona tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. The following players had been chosen: Saboya - Muñoz Llamas, Baracaldo, Postelnicu - Pfenninger, Kolokithikorfadas, Olivos, Dybaly - Pedroso, Ferreira, Martínez.

The strategy for streetplitos was to use their ability to press. The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of Girona's R. Martínez after 12 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 0 - 1 lead. The visitors' C. Pedroso took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 28 minutes into the match. 0 - 2 for Girona. The pressing tactics used by streetplitos were successful as the ball remained close to the half way line at all times. A drive down the left side allowed J. Dybaly to get in close and score another goal for Girona after 38 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 3. Confident in their lead, Girona's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. Halftime score was 0 - 3. Possession in this half belonged to Girona, who controlled the ball 56 percent of the time.

Although the whole team were struggling to impress, streetplitos's O. Kääpä was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 60 minutes. R. Olazábal was given a chance to change things around. With 65 minutes played, the streetplitos coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. Q. Holleville came on, M. Thayer had to leave the fray. streetplitos needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 65 minutes G. Pârşu made way for E. Colón. With 67 minutes played, E. Colón was very close to reducing the score for streetplitos with a low drive from the left, but a defender stuck his foot out just in the nick of time, blocking the shot to a corner. The home team's supporters got excited again when E. Colón broke through the visitors' central defence and caught their keeper off guard, making it 1 - 3. streetplitos's E. Olivares cut towards the middle after 78 minutes, receiving a brilliant pass and slicing through the visiting team's central defence, reducing the lead to 2 - 3. streetplitos enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 54 percent of possession.

Q. Holleville performed admirably for streetplitos. On the other hand, A. Mészáros's play was disheartening. Most important Girona player was R. Martínez. G. Postelnicu was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 3.