pitufiños 0 - 3 BÜLBÜL (378893787)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and terras do norte saw a crowd turnout of 853. Anders Beckgård was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Alexandre Delepierre and Ryan Jack. pitufiños had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. Lineup: Moss - Tremoço, Olmos Blanco, Mitov - Yamani, Curdes, Rivadeneira, Yáñez - Pecki, Prous, Agulla.

BÜLBÜL tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Lagos - Mercatili, Pál, Ur - Anders, Segovia, Uzel, Linskens, Brønstad - Doğruel, Tasić.

pitufiños were relying on their ability to counter-attack. BÜLBÜL's T. Brønstad managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 11 minutes. 0 - 1. With 26 minutes played, BÜLBÜL put themselves up 0 - 2 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was U. Doğruel. The referee showed BÜLBÜL's B. Ur the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. C. Prous's knee will be throbbing for days, but thankfully for pitufiños, he bravely continued in the match. 0 - 2 was the score after the first half. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by BÜLBÜL, with 59 percent of the ball.

Although the whole team were struggling to impress, pitufiños's V. Agulla was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 46 minutes. S. Schlick was given a chance to change things around. S. Tasić of BÜLBÜL took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 54 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 3. The players of BÜLBÜL now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. 58 minutes in, BÜLBÜL's D. Mercatili received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. pitufiños needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 60 minutes D. Mitov made way for A. Mulhaupt. pitufiños's Á. Yáñez was shown a yellow card after 69 minutes for slicing down an opponent. 76 minutes into the game, BÜLBÜL worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch. With the clock showing 77 minutes played, a great pass from the defensive line of pitufiños resulted in a counterattack that was smoothly brought under control by A. Olmos Blanco in the centre of the opposition's penalty area, but his finish went high. K. Curdes of pitufiños received a yellow card after 79 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. With 80 minutes played, the pitufiños coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. A. Agulleiro came on, Á. Yáñez had to leave the fray. BÜLBÜL's K. Linskens made it through the home team's defence on the right hand side 81 minutes into the match. After rounding the keeper, he only had to place the ball in the unguarded goal when a defender slid in and cleared the ball off the line. After 85 minutes, BÜLBÜL's U. Doğruel fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! With 86 minutes played, K. Curdes's free kick looked like a certain goal for pitufiños, but to his teammates' dismay, the keeper managed to tip it wide. BÜLBÜL had most of the ball, with 51 percent of possession.

J. Rivadeneira performed admirably for pitufiños. On the other hand, A. Agulleiro's play was disheartening. BÜLBÜL's best player was T. Brønstad. D. Segovia on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 3.