Tavisa 4 - 2 artistas (367346003)

Clouds darkened the skies at Tavisa Vallès Arena as 38994 spectators turned up for the match. Pekka C. Mäkelä was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Örn Ólafsson and Norbert Balkema. Tavisa decided to use a 2-5-3 set up. The following players had been chosen: Vial - Pöll, Höhle - Villena, Álvarez, Jauregi, Pihlborg, Adsuar - Guadalfajara, Valladares, Serrano Crespo.

artistas tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Blanco - Ciguri, Celayeta, Valbás - Matos, Puiggermanal, Kerekes, Aceijas, de Bever - Parra, Medih.

T. Pihlborg was very close to giving Tavisa the lead with an ingenious free kick routine 3 minutes into the match, but the ball just grazed the bar. Slack defending gave Tavisa a chance to take the lead with 14 minutes played, but M. Serrano Crespo's cross from the left flank was fumbled in front of the goal and easily dealt with by the opposition. A mistake by the home side's central defence after 16 minutes allowed G. Matos to score for artistas. The scoreboard now read 0 - 1. G. Medih was, after 24 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors' lead with a well placed diving header after the ball had looped into the centre, but the home side's keeper L. Vial made the save. 0 - 1 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to Tavisa, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

M. Serrano Crespo showed the skills that make him a real crowd pleaser as he, after 53 minutes, wove through the guests' entire central defence and put the 1 - 1 equaliser away. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to F. Adsuar, but the Tavisa player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 2 - 1! The coach of Tavisa was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 60 minutes, N. Currie came on for J. Álvarez. artistas's G. Medih left the field after 77 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was J. Riva. Tavisa put themselves up 3 - 1 when S. Guadalfajara broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. Tavisa solidified their lead at the 87 minute mark, as M. Serrano Crespo dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 4 - 1. With 88 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock, artistas showed some good skill and were able to reduce the score to 4 - 2 when L. Puiggermanal got past the home side's central defenders right in front of the goal. Neither team was controlling the possession at this point in the match, with the stats showing a 50:50 split.

Tavisa's top performer was clearly M. Serrano Crespo. F. Adsuar on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important artistas player was U. Parra. On the other hand, J. Riva's play was disheartening. The match ends 4 - 2.