LARITA 3 - 0 L.C.F (383026626)

14432 fans braved the pouring rain at Estadio Nacional de Naguanagua. Raffaele Nuccio was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Philibert Jouin and Renars Vulfs. LARITA started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Wahl - Fernández, Covach, Wolfensberger - Vivas, Pavlović, Gudmundsen, Grosen, Wertanek - Boccard, Bouge.

L.C.F had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. The following players had been chosen: Evers - Piera, Griffiths, Rohde - Mpoumis, Mirbeth, Artakos, Molinari - Libbrecht, Schinderhannes, Bušić.

Today, LARITA's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. G. Boccard slipped and slithered in the wet grass. His usual rapid runs were nowhere to be seen today. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, V. Pavlović scored for LARITA putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 32 minutes. M. Piera fired a shot from distance after 34 minutes, but the long shot couldn't find the net for L.C.F. 1 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by L.C.F, with 57 percent of the ball.

K. Wolfensberger of LARITA received a yellow card after 80 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Players in LARITA heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. G. Boccard increased the lead for LARITA to 2 - 0, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! LARITA's M. Vivas got himself booked for a foul. M. Mirbeth was having a great game - if anything the pouring rain seemed to be spurring him on! Coming in on the left, M. Mirbeth did everything right to get a goal for L.C.F after 87 minutes, but his finishing shot was stabbed clear by the keeper. After 87 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and R. Grosen gave the LARITA supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 3 - 0. Neither team were able to dominate possession this half.

LARITA's best player was S. Bouge. N. Fernández turned in a dismal performance, however. L.C.F's top performer was clearly Y. Mpoumis. M. Piera was a disappointment, however. The match ends 3 - 0.