Lugea 0 - 3 cromater (367381450)

The crowd of 15030 turning up at NUEVO VALLE DE ARCE today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. David Sunesson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Arlindo Conceição and Julian Maringer. Lugea decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Starters: Ruiz - Ramirez-Tello, Dokali, Burgo Díaz - Galiñáns, Castro-Medinilla, Arce Janariz, Rodríguez, Gallones - Torres Campo, Valle Las Heras.

A 5-3-2 alignment was the formation of choice for cromater. The following players had been chosen: Jano - Moce, Apelborg, Muñoz, Rapali, Muderspach - Chodorek, von Felten, Bhend - Tumiraos, Carrasco.

Lugea were relying on their ability to counter-attack. Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for cromater. M. Tumiraos showed why he is feared on the counterattack, breaking through in the middle and scoring for cromater after 21 minutes to make the score 0 - 1. Lugea's F. Torres Campo had a hard, curved free kick after 28 minutes that would have paid off, had it gone just a little lower. M. Tumiraos of cromater took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 33 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 2. It was 0 - 2 at the break. Lugea claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 74 percent.

A. Carrasco knocked one home from a counterattack down the right wing, making the score 0 - 3 after 57 minutes. At this point, it was obvious that the players of cromater lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Thighs bulging, S. Galiñáns charged past the weaker players, seemingly oblivious to the rain. F. Torres Campo was struggling to make the ball dance with his usual trickery and panache, and the opposing players had little trouble shutting him down in these muddy conditions. After 76 minutes, the defensive line of cromater created a counterattack through the middle that gave C. von Felten a good look at the goal, but his shot glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Lugea, with 77 percent of the ball.

Lugea's top performer was clearly N. Rodríguez. F. Torres Campo on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important cromater player was A. Carrasco. C. von Felten turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 3.