sevilla 2 - 1 Castafiore (377653883)

483 punters turned up at Ramón Sanchez Pizjuán, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Alfonso Gaspart was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Sebastien Kramer and Haralambi Mirchev. sevilla tactics involved an interesting 5-4-1 combination. The following players had been chosen: Granges - Olivares, Jado, Cabré, Espada, Capdevila - Rogalskiy, Estévez, Marín, Viejo - Usonis.

Castafiore started off with a 2-5-3 lineup. Starters: Spegel - Ruggiero, Reed - Roberti, Ejsmont, Parfait, Birkelund, Macedo Jr. - Krichler, van Etten, Huber.

sevilla tried to focus their attacks down the middle. Castafiore's J. van Etten gave the visitors a 0 - 1 lead after 25 minutes with a superb strike from the right. The crowd chanted their encouragement as sevilla's G. Olivares came in from the right after 27 minutes and put the ball in the net to level the score at 1 - 1. A scuffle developed as players from both sides clashed following a tussle in the centre of the field 30 minutes into the match. After regaining order and consulting his linesman, the referee called Castafiore's P. Huber to one side and produced a red card for the player. R. Reed was handed the Castafiore captain's armband. A loud groan was heard from the fans of sevilla, as M. Marín left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. F. Rattier took his place on the field. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, J. Jado got himself booked. The manager of sevilla was not happy. Castafiore's E. Spegel had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 44 minutes having been played. C. Pineda was the replacement. It was 1 - 1 at the break. sevilla enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 55 percent of possession.

After 86 minutes, the home side was awarded a penalty. The visitors protested wildly but the referee was adamant. F. Viejo easily put the ball away to give the lead to sevilla. 2 - 1 sevilla had most of the ball, with 55 percent of possession.

G. Rogalskiy performed admirably for sevilla. However, V. Estévez made a disastrous appearance. Castafiore's best player was M. Ruggiero. K. Birkelund turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 2 - 1.