Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and
Emirates stadium saw a crowd turnout of 14594.
Eduardo Bertrán was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Delfí Girbau and
Bor Kapušin.
Hooligan11 tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination.
Starters: Ramiro Gómez - Labarrieta, Ibn-Faysal, Bodrožić - Gavrilă, Vandeweeghde, Verdoes, Kedem, Dudler - Ruderblatt, Popeškić.
A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for bcnfootballteam.
The following players had been chosen: Halisch - Rodríguez Mazo, Raviv, Surga - Calduch, Patuleia, Restuccia, Recalde - Confín, Monje, Borau.
Hooligan11 showed off their creative tactics.
Today, bcnfootballteam's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks.
29 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for Hooligan11 was
A. Kedem.
Hooligan11's
A. Popeškić had an excellent opportunity after 31 minutes, shooting after receiving a pass from the right hand side, but he missed the goal by miles!
32 minutes into the game bcnfootballteam's
A. Monje found a gap in the home side's central defence and scored with a fabulous shot, making it 1 - 1.
Hooligan11 will have to do without
J. Labarrieta for a time, due to a bad foot injury at the 33 minute mark. He was substituted by
M. Strapoň.
bcnfootballteam's
J. Calduch gave the visitors a 1 - 2 lead after 36 minutes with a superb strike from the right.
The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 2.
Hooligan11 had most of the ball, with 55 percent of possession.
The crowd was on its feet 47 minutes into the match, as Hooligan11's
T. Verdoes found himself unmarked in front of the goal after a dash up the left side. He calmly put away the 2 - 2 equaliser.
bcnfootballteam had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead.
After 59 minutes, bcnfootballteam put themselves up 2 - 3, as
A. Confín finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot.
Hooligan11 needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 70 minutes
A. Popeškić made way for
J. Aller.
With 73 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed
A. Confín of bcnfootballteam to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 2 - 4.
Hooligan11's fans were urging them forward as they tried to get back into the game, and their vocal support was rewarded 74 minutes into the match as
V. Bodrožić ran onto a beautiful ball played through the visitors' defence and slotted it past the keeper to reduce the deficit. 3 - 4.
H. Patuleia left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 75 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead.
A. de la Puerta was the replacement.
V. Bodrožić was just a finger's breadth away from an equaliser for Hooligan11 with a strike from the left, but
U. Halisch managed to ward the shot off for a corner.
Hooligan11 claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 57 percent.
The most dominating Hooligan11 player was without a doubt
T. Verdoes.
T. Ramiro Gómez turned in a dismal performance, however.
bcnfootballteam's best player was
C. Borau.
U. Halisch was a disappointment, however.
The match ends 3 - 4.