jirinays 5 - 2 Alianza (367434278)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 31000 at infernal red today. Ivo Ernste was the appointed referee. jirinays started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Idoeta - Rolfsen, Teofilović, Guzmán Cano - Serafin, Artigas, Mizó, Ribet, Johansson - Molina, Casas.

Alianza tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Hacohen - Broendsted, Moura, Eril - Villaoz, Iliev, Szepesy, bin Idham, Valluerca Vallujera - Latva-Rasku, Dias Santos.

Today, Alianza's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. M. Casas gave jirinays the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 1 - 0 After 7 minutes, X. Valluerca Vallujera sent the corner kick right to V. Iliev who headed it sharply past the keeper. 1 - 1! 16 minutes into the game, L. Teofilović had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came P. Ollé. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to M. Mizó, but the jirinays player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 2 - 1! jirinays had to manage with a reduced squad after 36 minutes, as P. Ollé got sent off for a needless foul away from the game's action. jirinays solidified their lead at the 38 minute mark, as H. Johansson dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 3 - 1. C. Dias Santos really should have scored when he was chosen by fate to confront a wide open goal following a great play by A. Villaoz after a corner. Halftime score was 3 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to jirinays, who controlled the ball 56 percent of the time.

The Alianza coach was desperate to reverse his team's fortunes in the game, and ordered his team to change strategy. As the game started to slip away for Alianza, the manager decided to change the tactical approach. 76 minutes into the match, Alianza replied and reduced the lead to 3 - 2. R. Latva-Rasku scored on a marvellous cross pass coming in from the left. With 78 minutes played, H. bin Idham of Alianza fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. Ó. Guzmán Cano of jirinays received a yellow card after 79 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. 85 minutes into the match, the technically gifted K. Serafin of jirinays scored 4 - 2, having made V. Iliev look like a complete fool. After 86 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and G. Artigas gave the jirinays supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 5 - 2. jirinays had most of the ball, with 54 percent of possession.

Most important jirinays player was J. Molina. K. Idoeta turned in a dismal performance, however. Alianza's top performer was clearly R. Szepesy. N. Broendsted on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 5 - 2.