locomotiv 0 - 6 spiroezie (140171297)

Due to an all-day shower, 32000 paying spectators got to see a match on a pitch-turned-bog at locomotiv Arena. Elias Friedrichsgabe was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Víctor Álvarez and Matthias Kilsgaard. locomotiv decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. Lineup: Surma - Ojeda, Nikki, Stridström - Girsewald, Núñez, Peeters, Stroe - Valgañón, Grossi, Neděla.

spiroezie tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: De Herdt - Rutgers, Hörburger, Monferrer - Acosta, Ville, Drekonja, Farkas, Smekens - Coninkx, Wisman.

locomotiv saw most attack opportunities on the wings. G. Farkas had a good opportunity to give spiroezie the lead as he charged down the right and struck the ball towards the top corner, but the home team's goalkeeper made the save. J. Valgañón of locomotiv was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. A badly positioned defensive formation on a free kick after 24 minutes led to spiroezie's W. Wisman giving the visitors the lead 0 - 1. Some fine movement on the left led to a spiroezie goal after 29 minutes, making it 0 - 2. W. Wisman was noted down as the scorer. The referee showed spiroezie's V. Coninkx the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. 33 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 3 as L. Ville finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 3. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by spiroezie, with 87 percent of the ball.

J. Girsewald was uncomfortable with the soggy pitch as he couldn't move the ball around with his usual grace. spiroezie increased the lead to 0 - 4 as W. Wisman scored from the penalty spot, putting the ball in near the top left corner. By then W. Wisman had scored three goals - a hat trick! The visitors' R. Drekonja took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 70 minutes into the match. 0 - 5 for spiroezie. 72 minutes in, spiroezie's R. Drekonja received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. In a fantastic display of determination, locomotiv's G. Peeters forced himself to his feet, after an opponent viciously knocked him down. With 79 minutes played, spiroezie put themselves up 0 - 6 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was J. Acosta. At this point, it was obvious that the players of spiroezie lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. spiroezie had most of the ball, with 90 percent of possession.

Most important locomotiv player was J. Nikki. R. Núñez turned in a dismal performance, however. spiroezie's top performer was clearly B. De Herdt. P. Rutgers on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 6.