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22-05-2010 15:40Sant_Jordi started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Draper - Wahlander, Ravagnin, Gkoniadis - Magnusson, Durant, Alba, Kouider, Machajski - van der Peet, Diamante.
It was obvious that socceroos were using their pressing skill as their primary tactic. socceroos's ability to press their opponents all over the field paid off frequently. Sant_Jordi took the lead after 12 minutes with 0 - 1. Mariusz Machajski placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. The socceroos coach was desperate to reverse his team's fortunes in the game, and ordered his team to change strategy. The Sant_Jordi players could smell victory in the air. Cliff Magnusson wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for Hugo Nordmeer after 20 minutes. The Sant_Jordi captaincy was handed to Hugo Nordmeer. After a short break in the 20 minute, Sant_Jordi seemed to change their tactical approach a bit. Sant_Jordi almost scored after a swift counterattack 24 minutes into the game, but Kévin Durant put the shot from the left flank just outside the goal. Sikko van der Peet could have put his team up another goal 31 minutes into the game, after a rush down the left, but his closing shot hit the post. 0 - 1 was the score after the first half. This half belonged to Sant_Jordi, who controlled the ball 55 percent of the time.
As the game started to slip away for socceroos, the manager decided to change the tactical approach. After 50 minutes, socceroos used a short break in the game to take new instructions from their coach. Sant_Jordi's Mariusz Machajski wanted to play on, but 55 minutes into the game the decision was made to substitute him for Ralph Krien. The coach of Sant_Jordi was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 75 minutes, Olavo Virgili came on for Osvaldo Diamante. No matter how hard he tried,Nemesio Gazitúa just couldn't get shot past the visitors' right side defence after 84 minutes. The counterattack by Sant_Jordi resulted in a free kick that Stefano Alba bent under the crossbar - 0 - 2! A penalty was called after 86 minutes, and Sant_Jordi's Stefano Albamade the most of his chance to put his team up by another goal. 0 - 3 for the visitors. The structure of the game started to change as Sant_Jordi decided to pull back and meet their opponents in their own half. Sant_Jordi's Ferdinando Ravagnin was shown a yellow card after 87 minutes for slicing down an opponent. With 88 minutes played, Ferdinando Ravagnin 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 89 minutes played, socceroos's Cene Miholič fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee booked Cene Miholič for diving. Hugo Nordmeer received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly 89 minutes into the match, probably out of lack of experience, and almost let an opponent score. Saúl Alcazaba got a fingertip on Hugo Nordmeer's shot from the left 89 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. The forty-five minutes were dominated by Sant_Jordi, with an impressive 57 percent possession of the ball.
Roman Schneider performed admirably for socceroos. Saúl Alcazaba turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating Sant_Jordi player was without a doubtStefano Alba. On the other hand, Ralph Krien's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 3.
Highlights
| 0 - 1 | Mariusz Machajski | 12' |
| 0 - 2 | Stefano Alba | 85' |
| 0 - 3 | Stefano Alba | 86' |
 | Ferdinando Ravagnin | 87' |
| Cene Miholič | 89' |
 | Roman Schneider Defensive  Defensive | 13' |
 |  Cliff Magnusson Hugo NordmeerTowards Middle Normal3-5-2 4-4-2 | 20' |
| Ulf Wahlander Towards Wing Normal | 20' |
| Mats Johansson Normal Offensive | 50' |
| Cene Miholič Defensive Normal | 50' |
 | Mariusz Machajski Ralph Krien | 55' |
| Osvaldo Diamante Olavo Virgili | 75' |
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