FURFUS 1 - 3 Maruxiños (382886469)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 36268 to MEMORÁNDUM FRANCISCO MAROTO ROSÚA. Massimo Montella was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Daugiras Lipkis and Eric Galiano Monzón. FURFUS tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Llongueres - Guberna, Aceredo, Saura - Sahuquillo, Sáenz de Tejada, Ariño, Sisante, Payán - Valera, Mila.

Maruxiños decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players took the field: Charles - Corsi, Penner, Almeida - Steidl, Forster, Ballart, Paatero, Pittaluga - Petrunenko, Bossuet.

V. Saura looked to be heading one way when he unexpectedly passed the ball to J. Payán. The move caught everyone off-guard, including his teammate, who panicked and kicked the ball out of play by accident. B. Sahuquillo seems to have an uncanny ability to try the unusual. He nearly produced a great goal - unfortunately for FURFUS his shot went just wide this time. Making his way up the middle 40 minutes into the match, R. Ariño almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert M. Charles blocked it to keep the score level. A mistake by the home side's central defence after 43 minutes allowed T. Paatero to score for Maruxiños. The scoreboard now read 0 - 1. FURFUS were awarded a penalty with 43 minutes played, and R. Ariño made no mistake as he effortlessly slotted the equaliser home. 1 - 1. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 1. Maruxiños enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 51 percent of possession.

After 46 minutes, the Maruxiños coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving D. Steidl off the field. T. Puigdevànol took his place. With the match clock at 48 minutes, FURFUS modified their style of play a little bit. After 50 minutes, Maruxiños's A. Bossuet made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 1 - 2. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, FURFUS's A. Valera was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 51 minutes. P. Villagra was given a chance to change things around. The FURFUS players listened closely to their manager, as he gave new tactical instructions for the team. As the game started to slip away for FURFUS, the manager decided to change the tactical approach. Maruxiños's I. Petrunenko scored to make the score 1 - 3 after 69 minutes by shooting accurately and hard from a long distance, leaving the opponent keeper no other option than to pick the ball out of the net. By now, the players in Maruxiños felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. H. Almeida left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 79 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. J. Eriks was the replacement. P. Pittaluga wanted to play on, but the Maruxiños coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 89 minutes into the game by M. Weikamp. P. Ballart was the new captain of Maruxiños - handed the armband by the departing player. Possession of the ball saw an equal split between the teams during the forty-five minutes.

Most important FURFUS player was P. Sisante. On the other hand, J. Guberna's play was disheartening. Maruxiños's best player was I. Petrunenko. G. Corsi was a disappointment, however. The match ends 1 - 3.