Catalunya 4 - 1 CRACKS83 (382889051)

60000 punters turned up at Catalunya Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Manolo Herráez was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Bob Ströbele and Fernando Aversa. Catalunya decided to use a 4-5-1 set up. Starters: Reinares - Cancela, Espinal, Teixidor, Llimona - De los Mozos, Mateu, Reyes, Serrahima, Abel - Mellado.

CRACKS83 had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. The following players had been chosen: Ezquieta - Eon, Hurni - Daussy, Romans, Manuel, Bonete, Margreiter - Huarte, Płonka, Quevedo.

It was an obvious ambition of Catalunya to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. Today, CRACKS83's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Players in Catalunya heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. With 5 minutes played H. Reyes almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. A free kick aimed at the keeper's far post almost gave CRACKS83 the lead 6 minutes in, but the ball just wasn't able to squirm its way through the defensive wall. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to I. Serrahima, but the Catalunya player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0! Content with how the game was proceeding, the Catalunya coach let A. Salvador replace C. Cancela after 19 minutes. H. Reyes wanted to play on, but the Catalunya coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 29 minutes into the game by J. Alagón. 1 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Catalunya, with 52 percent of the ball.

47 minutes into the match, Catalunya's C. Mellado demonstrated his famed speed as he raced past his marker and passed the ball to A. Salvador who chipped it in for 2 - 0. The bench was restless, and with 60 minutes passed CRACKS83's coach gave Y. López Romero the opportunity the player had been hoping for. E. Huarte reluctantly left the field. Catalunya's N. Mateu saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 67 minutes. The coach of Catalunya was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 69 minutes, J. Vives came on for J. Espinal. After 69 minutes, the Catalunya players received new instructions from their manager on how to keep in control of the game. After a short break after 69 minutes, Catalunya seemed to change their tactical approach a bit. The visitors got a chance to pulling one back after 69 minutes, due to a defensive blunder leaving J. Bonete completely unmarked. His strike was pathetic though, easy prey for the home side's keeper. Catalunya had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. With 71 minutes played, Catalunya put themselves up 3 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to J. Vives, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. By now, the players in Catalunya felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. J. Vives squirmed through their central defence after 84 minutes, increasing the lead to 4 - 0. Attacking on the wings was the choice for CRACKS83, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. Ater 86 minutes T. Quevedo seized on an opportunistic attack from the right, and scored for CRACKS83 making it 4 - 1. CRACKS83 had most of the ball, with 51 percent of possession.

Most important Catalunya player was J. Vives. However, N. Mateu made a disastrous appearance. Y. López Romero performed admirably for CRACKS83. J. Bonete turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 4 - 1.