fidelutos 3 - 1 VivaElVino (382899355)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 35707 had shown up at Estadio Municipal "Gavín Arazo" for the match. Maciek Peksa was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Laurent Almeras and John Duke. fidelutos tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. Starters: Mendes - Turoň, Klos - Elguea, Martínez, Steiner, Pérez de Lara, Ibáñez - Lehtomaa, Maliki, Dinov.

VivaElVino started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. They fielded: Berhoff - Bocija, Boğataş, Iraola - Gálvez, Hois, Waarland, Keist - Proveniers, Mogensen, Tapuchi.

fidelutos mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. fidelutos had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. They were singing the praises of S. Lehtomaa 13 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 1 - 0 to fidelutos. VivaElVino's right side looked dangerous 19 minutes in, but A. Mendes made a good save on S. Tapuchi's hard shot to the top corner. The referee showed fidelutos's I. Maliki the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. VivaElVino's R. Keist went down after a savage challenge, but could continue playing after some medical attention. G. Steiner struck a 30 metre free kick home 28 minutes into the match. 2 - 0 for the home team. Cheers filled the stadium as H. Dinov broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 3 - 0 to fidelutos. The crowd roared its approval when A. Mendes somehow managed to block a shot which seemed to be a certain goal by VivaElVino's V. Proveniers 38 minutes into the game. Halftime score was 3 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by fidelutos, with 51 percent of the ball.

Unhappy with the result so far in the game, the VivaElVino manager used a brief break in play after 50 minutes to give the players new directives. Ater 59 minutes S. Boğataş seized on an opportunistic attack from the right, and scored for VivaElVino making it 3 - 1. Content with how the game was proceeding, the fidelutos coach let S. Debbane replace J. Ibáñez after 60 minutes. fidelutos's S. Debbane refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 71 minutes. A. Mendes made a brilliant save 74 minutes into the match, blocking a rocket of a shot from A. Gálvez on the right hand side. With 75 minutes played, the VivaElVino coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. O. Yahlaoui came on, R. Keist had to leave the fray. VivaElVino's defence sent a ball soaring up the middle on a beautiful counterattack with 79 minutes gone, but V. Proveniers's finish was met by the reaching hands of the keeper. fidelutos enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 52 percent of possession.

fidelutos's best player was S. Lehtomaa. L. Elguea was a disappointment, however. P. Mogensen performed admirably for VivaElVino. D. Bocija turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 3 - 1.