alcard 2 - 2 Canayas (375288972)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and caboto stadium saw a crowd turnout of 53637. Alfredo Álvarez was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Conrado Rozas and Yazdgerd Parsivand. alcard started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Zalluhoğlu - Kinzel, Belenguer, Strauser - Milićević, Prunea, Cullen, Jõe, Medina - Portal, Hägerland.

Canayas decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Starters: Merklein - Mena, Koć, Tallarico - Kazuch, Molander, Vivas, Zeier, De Maria - Őry, MacCeallaich.

alcard mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. Canayas decided to play creatively. The visiting N. Koć was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 29 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 0 - 1 was the score. The crowd roared in delight as W. Hägerland finished off a spectacular series of passes through the middle to even the score for alcard 33 minutes into the match. 1 - 1. alcard had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. alcard's G. Strauser tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, A. Cullen got himself booked. The manager of alcard was not happy. 1 - 1 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to alcard, who controlled the ball 61 percent of the time.

As the 46 minute mark approached, the alcard coach decided it was time for a substitution. J. Belenguer reluctantly made way for Y. Penchev on the pitch. L. De Maria sailed high above the opponents as he headed in a corner kick from C. MacCeallaich after 50 minutes of play, making the score 1 - 2. After 58 minutes of play, N. Portal evened things up for alcard with an impressive goal coming up the middle. 2 - 2. alcard had a chance to take the lead after T. Jõe's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 66 minutes. alcard created a good opportunity to score 76 minutes into the match when W. Hägerland's hooked ball from the left created a scuffle in front of the goal, and the visitors' defenders had a hard time clearing the ball. 77 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for alcard to take the lead after a good cross from the right found N. Portal alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. Central attacks were the recipe of the day for alcard, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. alcard enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 62 percent of possession.

G. Strauser performed admirably for alcard. Ş. Zalluhoğlu on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Canayas player was without a doubt C. MacCeallaich. However, A. Mena made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 2.