kuerten 1 - 6 Bankai (351875993)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 26807 at Balaguer park today. Alastair Fraser was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Norbert Spegel and Alfons Sorvali. kuerten tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Marvin - Mendes, Mejías, Puntí - Alacid, Łęczycki, Caloia, Bettelli, Valencia - 恒维 (Hengwei), Muntanya.

Bankai had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players took the field: Braunston - Gascueña, Koneth, Nykvist - Søvik, Valdés, Gabancho, De Berti, Mateos Romero - Cicuta, Ronteltap.

It seemed as though Bankai considered the game won before even taking the field, which resulted in a very uninspired start to the game. Bankai showed off their creative tactics. With 9 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending. Q. Ronteltap put the ball away for 0 - 1. After 16 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for T. Søvik who increased Bankai's lead to 0 - 2. R. Angosto was called on to replace kuerten's M. Valencia after 23 minutes following a nasty collision. Q. Ronteltap received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 27 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 3. The Bankai fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. After this, you could see that the players of Bankai were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. With the scoreboard showing that 30 minutes had been played, Bankai nearly put themselves up another goal after C. Gascueña came through on the left. Fortunately for the home crowd, the keeper made the save. kuerten's L. Caloia got himself booked for a foul. Bankai's L. Koneth refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 33 minutes. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 3. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Bankai, with 62 percent of the ball.

kuerten's T. Muntanya cut towards the middle after 48 minutes, receiving a brilliant pass and slicing through the visiting team's central defence, reducing the lead to 1 - 3. After 64 minutes, Bankai's E. Cicuta burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 1 - 4. 68 minutes into the game, L. Caloia had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came A. Hoffer. A. Hoffer's lack of experience almost gave Bankai a goal after 82 minutes, but the shot went right into the keeper's arms. After 86 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave Q. Ronteltap a chance to increase the lead for Bankai, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 1 - 5. This third goal completed a hattrick for Q. Ronteltap. C. Gascueña of Bankai took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 88 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 1 - 6. 89 minutes in, Bankai's L. Koneth received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Bankai enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 68 percent of possession.

Most important kuerten player was C. Bettelli. A. Marvin turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating Bankai player was without a doubt E. Cicuta. However, C. Gascueña made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 6.