Trompitas 6 - 1 Arinsal (379832828)

3706 spectators arrived at Sidney Guarda Roupas Trompistadium, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Giuliano Del Sal was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ruurd Petersen and Konstantin Rühland. A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Trompitas. The following players had been chosen: Rufino - Balili, Quiroz, Sánchez - Avellaneda, Comber, Trino, Mendes Nuñes - Cuberas, Guiscafre, Tkaczyk.

Arinsal started off with a 2-5-3 lineup. The following players took the field: Sempere - Faričić, Ðurišić - Marquis, Knitter, Almeida, Koumeliotis, Schlotmann - Schenderling, Assunção, Dugo.

It was obvious that Trompitas were using their pressing skill as their primary tactic. Arinsal seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. The home side put themselves ahead 1 - 0 after 2 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from A. Balili, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. Trompitas's talent at pressing frustrated the spectators as the game became a dire midfield struggle. After 20 minutes, the visitors tied it up at 1 - 1 when a fantastic pass from the left was finished off by B. Assunção. Trompitas's ability to press all over the field frequently paid dividends. The referee showed Arinsal's D. Almeida the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. They were singing the praises of M. Cuberas 32 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 2 - 1 to Trompitas. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. P. Trino squirmed through their central defence after 35 minutes, increasing the lead to 3 - 1. The teams went for the halftime break at 3 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to Trompitas, who controlled the ball 68 percent of the time.

The coach of Trompitas was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 50 minutes, I. Goverdovskiy came on for P. Mendes Nuñes. After a short break after 51 minutes, Trompitas seemed to change their tactical approach a bit. With 64 minutes played, the Arinsal coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. T. Jarmużewski came on, A. Koumeliotis had to leave the fray. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Arinsal's D. Almeida was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 65 minutes. M. Cvrljak was given a chance to change things around. After 76 minutes, a long pass from Trompitas's C. Guiscafre caught the defence out of position. M. Tkaczyk collected the ball, and with the goal at his mercy calmly rolled the ball just inside the post. 4 - 1. The Trompitas players could smell victory in the air. S. Comber wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for N. Garnier after 80 minutes. Things were deteriorating for the away team as Trompitas scored another to make it 5 - 1 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for M. Tkaczyk after 80 minutes. By now, the players in Trompitas felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. Trompitas's N. Garnier's long shot really ought to have found the net 82 minutes into the match, but it fell just wide of the target. A. Avellaneda increased the lead for Trompitas to 6 - 1, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! Trompitas had most of the ball, with 70 percent of possession.

Trompitas's top performer was clearly C. Guiscafre. I. Goverdovskiy was a disappointment, however. The most dominating Arinsal player was without a doubt S. Dugo. J. Sempere on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 6 - 1.