malvinas 0 - 9 Txikiteros (392649283)

The 27087 spectators at el bokeron arena were in for an afternoon of sunshine. Hannes Håkansson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Herbert Grassei and Yonathan van Twist. malvinas decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. The following players had been chosen: Zechner - Boumans, Cantoni, Puig - Pinilla, Myllykoski, Ariño, Álvarez - Ryba, Ladeira, Minčík.

Txikiteros had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players took the field: Ferrua - Gramatica, Forner, Banneux - Bócsik, Castilla, Tronquo, Mari Rosales, Argüello - Marini, Filiberto.

Txikiteros were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. The home keeper expected a move to the right, but S. Gramatica surprised him with a free kick aimed the other way 2 minutes into the match. 0 - 1 for Txikiteros. A. Cantoni's technique was perfect on this sunny day and led to some breathtaking tricks that bamboozled the defence. The home crowd was not impressed when D. Mari Rosales came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 10 minutes. Txikiteros were now up 0 - 2. With 23 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed B. Tronquo of Txikiteros to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 3. Confident in their lead, Txikiteros's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. A drive down the left side allowed S. Gramatica to get in close and score another goal for Txikiteros after 24 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 4. Txikiteros had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. 28 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 5 as C. Banneux finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. Txikiteros's A. Argüello left the field after 34 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was M. Herco. It was 0 - 5 at the break. Txikiteros had most of the ball, with 91 percent of possession.

After 47 minutes, malvinas switched P. Minčík with Z. Al-Yaseen, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. With 61 minutes played, R. Castilla nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. With 65 minutes played, Txikiteros put themselves up 0 - 6 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was S. Forner. After 68 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for R. Castilla who increased Txikiteros's lead to 0 - 7. After 70 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed R. Castilla to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 8. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, C. Banneux got himself booked. The manager of Txikiteros was not happy. V. Myllykoski seemed to be huffing and puffing 84 minutes into the match. D. Mari Rosales of Txikiteros took advantage of his obvious fatigue to chip in past the keeper. 0 - 9 D. Filiberto left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 89 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. S. Ployprasert was the replacement. A. Marini wanted to play on, but the Txikiteros coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 89 minutes into the game by S. Tuchowski. Txikiteros enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 92 percent of possession.

M. Ryba performed admirably for malvinas. V. Myllykoski turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important Txikiteros player was S. Tuchowski. S. Gramatica on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 9.