Hidalgo 1 - 0 X-Team (392549589)

The 1398 fans in attendance at "Footbattle-Arena" were roasting in the hot sun. Bogdan Iacob was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Giulio Bramanti and Fernando Pérez. Hidalgo had chosen a strategic 5-3-2 formation. They fielded: Marfè - Kowacki, Beiza, de Mul, Juampera, Lemos - Dura, Silva Pinho, Morrone - Goesaert, Jadot.

X-Team tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. The following players took the field: Donovan - Borrel, Sanz Garcáa - Dorneanu, Luikinga, Pădure, Boros, Diac - Constantinescu, Claverini, Famparski.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Hidalgo. With the clock showing 26 minutes played, a great pass from the defensive line of Hidalgo resulted in a counterattack that was smoothly brought under control by J. Goesaert in the centre of the opposition's penalty area, but his finish went high. Hidalgo played a good counterattacking move down the left 31 minutes into the match, with W. Kowacki finishing well for 1 - 0. J. Lemos's lack of experience almost gave X-Team a goal after 36 minutes, but the shot went right into the keeper's arms. C. de Mul of Hidalgo was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, C. Jadot got himself booked. The manager of Hidalgo was not happy. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 0. X-Team claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 70 percent.

An equalising goal seemed certain after 80 minutes when C. Borrel attacked down the left wing, but P. Marfè just managed to make a save to keep the ball out of the net. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by X-Team, with 69 percent of the ball.

The most dominating Hidalgo player was without a doubt J. Lemos. G. Dura on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important X-Team player was T. Luikinga. On the other hand, C. Sanz Garcáa's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 0.