Coca 2 - 5 Sporting (190467009)

Clouds darkened the skies at You`ll Never Walk Alone Stadium as 15500 spectators turned up for the match. Fans of both teams had been eagerly awaiting this Castilla y León derby and were doing their best to outshout their opponents. Coca started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. They fielded: Piccinonno - Llopis, Byk, Blanksma - Czerniakiewicz, Jassen, Eraustieta, Wiseman - Tirado Barranco, Coutinho, Torrents.

Sporting started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Moro - Jiménez, Díaz, Jiménez - de la Vera, Urbano, Coca, Cabezudo, Marín - Gaspart, Alberro.

Sporting showed off their creative tactics. E. Alberro came close to putting the visiting team one up 17 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but E. Piccinonno managed to tip the ball to a corner. The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of Sporting's E. Alberro after 19 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 0 - 1 lead. R. Coutinho could have scored for Coca with his free kick after 26 minutes, but the visitors' keeper just managed to get a hand on it. E. Jassen of Coca seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 1 - 1 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by R. Coutinho. After 33 minutes, P. Torrents came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 2 - 1, giving Coca the lead. The visitors refused to give in and, after 34 minutes, J. Cabezudo evened things up as he finished off a perfect pass from the right. 2 - 2 2 - 2 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Sporting, with 57 percent of the ball.

58 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for Coca to take the lead after a good cross from the right found A. Tirado Barranco alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. Coca's R. Coutinho left the field after 64 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was D. Ramos-Argüelles. Sporting's V. Jiménez managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 78 minutes. 2 - 3. R. Díaz 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 E. Piccinonno but overcooked it and hit the bar instead. The visitors' G. Marín took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 87 minutes into the match. 2 - 4 for Sporting. The visitors' F. de la Vera took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 88 minutes into the match. 2 - 5 for Sporting. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Sporting, with 57 percent of the ball.

Most important Coca player was A. Tirado Barranco. However, E. Piccinonno made a disastrous appearance. Sporting's top performer was clearly P. Gaspart. However, M. Jiménez made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 5.