Our team played the first match of the new year away against the pool leader.There was no need for any additional mood. Everyone understood the importance of this match. Our team and the opposing team took to the field to win. The game started cautiously. The guys rated each other. Little by little our team managed to seize the initiative on the field. And already in the 13th minute of the match we managed to open the scoring in the game. After a free kick with a long pass, After a free kick with a long pass, Javi found Jairo on the flank who crossed into penalty area, Liban threw the ball to Issabre and he sent the ball into the opponent’s net with one touch. After that, our team continued to control the ball and the course of the game for some time. But in the second half of the first half, the pink ones managed to seize the initiative in the game. They began to create dangerous chances near our goal and in the 30th minute Villalba equalized the score with a pass from Nunez. After that, the hosts could have taken the lead until the end of the first half, but Eddy played confidently. At the very end of the half, the pink ones forgave us by miraculously not hitting the goal.Our team had a good chance when Hussein missed the far corner of the goal. The first half of the game ended in a 1:1 draw, but it was clear that the hosts began to feel much more confident.

The opponent was stronger today and deservedly won.

In the second half, the hosts continued to put pressure on our goal. They were superior to us in movement, decision-making speed and ball control. Unfortunately, our guys were unable to counter anything. Frequent losses of the ball and inaccurate passes led to the fact that in the 74th minute of the match, the home team's striker Adjei scored the winning goal. Our team failed to create a chance at the opponent's goal. 15 minutes before the end of the match, after a serious injury, our best scorer Bhullar returned to the field, who had just begun to regain his former condition. This defeat dropped our team to third place in Pool B but we still have a good chance of remaining in the top 3 until the end of the season. Today the opponent was objectively stronger and deservedly won. And this defeat should be another lesson for us.