Astorga 1 - 0 Sporting (367443951)

32948 punters turned up at La Eragudina, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Ralph van Vugh was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Claude Reynier and Ludwik Capek. Fans of both teams had been eagerly awaiting this Castilla y León derby and were doing their best to outshout their opponents. Astorga decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Elejalde - Willaerts, Liias, Almansa, Caritg - Verlo, Arilla, Saternus, Colmenero Martínez - Patiño, Betoret.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Sporting. Starters: Floriategui - Villanova, Ronkiewicz, Svanén - Roca, Tuvskog, Vidanía, Velasco Tovar, Spínola - 成功 (Chenggong) , Canales.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Astorga. Sporting were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. 9 minutes into the game, M. Canales had a great chance to put his team ahead, but his kick from the left went wide. C. Colmenero Martínez was first to reach a ball launched long through the center from Astorga's defence 10 minutes into the game. He managed to keep his cool and beat the goalkeeper to make the score 1 - 0. Astorga mounted an inspired counterattack down the right wing after 30 minutes, but S. Liias was unable to convert from short range. Halftime score was 1 - 0. Sporting claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 64 percent.

The coach of Astorga was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 70 minutes, R. Estelrich came on for C. Colmenero Martínez. Players in Sporting heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. Sporting were close to putting the equaliser away after 70 minutes as the opposing defence lost control of the ball to F. Villanova in a scuffle towards the left of the goal, but in the end the ball was cleared over the dead ball line. Sporting had most of the ball, with 66 percent of possession.

Astorga's best player was U. Patiño. R. Estelrich on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Sporting player was without a doubt M. Canales. However, I. Floriategui made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 0.