Ajarr 5 - 1 stormeye (382887516)

It had rained all day, but 31408 hardy fans still made it out to F.C. Ajarr Arena. Eiichi Nakane was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Dennis Zarewitsch and Jozef Červinka. Ajarr started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Zeković - Wetteland, Egebjerg, Wiwatowski - Desfar, Navarro Alas, Sepik, Varanda, Mejía - Capuj, Osta.

stormeye decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. The following players took the field: Martínez Perea - Borja, Sentís, Ferreiroa - Eizmendi, Xul, Castelao, Arau - Gells, Mexuto, Iracorri.

stormeye saw most attack opportunities on the wings. R. Eizmendi was uncomfortable with the soggy pitch as he couldn't move the ball around with his usual grace. After 14 minutes, stormeye put themselves up 0 - 1, as R. Eizmendi finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. After 16 minutes of play, R. Osta evened things up for Ajarr with an impressive goal coming up the middle. 1 - 1. As the 30 minute mark approached, the stormeye coach decided it was time for a substitution. H. Sentís reluctantly made way for A. Utribe on the pitch. The crowd gasped as A. Utribe of stormeye was flattened by an opponent after 33 minutes and had to be carried off. J. Rubalcaba came in off the bench. Ajarr took the lead, 2 - 1, after a penalty 34 minutes into the match. A. Capuj scored from the penalty spot. The visitors almost came back with an equaliser 36 minutes into the match after a good combination down the middle, but when F. Ferreiroa tried to finish the attack, he couldn't deliver the shot hard enough to seriously challenge the keeper. R. Sepik was first to reach a ball launched long through the center from Ajarr's defence 37 minutes into the game. He managed to keep his cool and beat the goalkeeper to make the score 3 - 1. The teams went for the halftime break at 3 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Ajarr, with 52 percent of the ball.

F. Ferreiroa, who often relies on his speed, had a rotten day on the drenched grass. Unhappy with the result so far in the game, the stormeye manager used a brief break in play after 70 minutes to give the players new directives. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Ajarr's R. Osta increasing the lead to 4 - 1. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Ajarr lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. The bench was restless, and with 75 minutes passed stormeye's coach gave C. Nantes the opportunity the player had been hoping for. M. Mexuto reluctantly left the field. The crowd roared its approval when M. Zeković somehow managed to block a shot which seemed to be a certain goal by stormeye's F. Gells 81 minutes into the game. With 82 minutes played, R. Eizmendi had a fantastic opportunity to reply but his shot flew harmlessly into the side-netting of the goal. Ajarr's R. Osta increased the lead to 5 - 1, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 83 minutes. That made three goals for R. Osta and he was marked down for the hat trick. Ajarr enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 56 percent of possession.

R. Navarro Alas performed admirably for Ajarr. A. Varanda turned in a dismal performance, however. stormeye's top performer was clearly X. Xul. On the other hand, F. Ferreiroa's play was disheartening. The match ends 5 - 1.