Superfigu 1 - 2 Perceiana (367466400)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 22683 had shown up at Superfigu Arena for the match. Tage Carstensen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Roger Albertz and Sigurd Ødegård. Superfigu decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Pretel Marín - Bossman, Stopyra, Appia - Zorrilla, Banjević, Goujat, Neagu, Pérez García - Pando, Abraira.

Perceiana had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. Lineup: Esteller - Soares, Battel, Matis, Cañuelas - Grykałowski, Étienne, Kyburz, Robert, Hürol - Kreklau.

Today, Perceiana's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. B. Appia gave Superfigu the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 1 - 0 Players in Perceiana heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. Superfigu's L. Neagu had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 36 minutes having been played. C. Schimpff was the replacement. 1 - 0 was the halftime score. Perceiana claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 58 percent.

The visitors were awarded a penalty by the referee 49 minutes into the match, much to the anger of the home crowd. N. Kyburz took advantage of the situation and scored to make it 1 - 1. Z. Banjević of Superfigu was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. With 60 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending. I. Soares put the ball away for 1 - 2. With 65 minutes played, the Superfigu coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. G. Lavena came on, G. Pando had to leave the fray. J. Goujat became the new Superfigu captain. After 70 minutes, Superfigu used a short break in the game to take new instructions from their coach. As the game started to slip away for Superfigu, the manager decided to change the tactical approach. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Perceiana, with 56 percent of the ball.

The most dominating Superfigu player was without a doubt F. Zorrilla. Ó. Pretel Marín turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important Perceiana player was N. Kyburz. S. Grykałowski on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 2.