Carequinha 4 - 0 ACTORES (202928330)

A scorching day at Alçapão do Carequinha, where 34717 spectators were in place for today's match. Camil Bãnica was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Aliou Ndong and Katsumi Horigome. Carequinha tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Starters: Abreu - Sastre, Nordahl, van Bavel, Yngvesson - Januzi, Perfeito, Noya, Negreira - Kasendi, Rattanasornthong.

ACTORES decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Starters: Manzanares - Douvris, Burón, Machuca - Raimondi, Arango, Uchman, Landau, Langeder - Tullander, Mykland.

Today, ACTORES's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Carequinha broke through on the left 9 minutes into the game, with V. Sastre firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 1 - 0 lead. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. O. Nordahl squirmed through their central defence after 14 minutes, increasing the lead to 2 - 0. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Carequinha lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. 18 minutes in, Carequinha's F. Perfeito received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. X. Arango enjoyed the sunshine and demonstrated his stunning technique over and over again. 25 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as E. Kasendi broke through, making the score 3 - 0 for Carequinha. With 30 minutes played, Carequinha put themselves up 4 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to M. Rattanasornthong, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. 4 - 0 was the halftime score. Carequinha had most of the ball, with 51 percent of possession.

As usual, E. Kasendi tried to use his strength and hard work for the benefit of the team, but the heat hit him hard and he couldn't keep pace at all. The visitors got a chance to pulling one back after 55 minutes, due to a defensive blunder leaving F. Tullander completely unmarked. His strike was pathetic though, easy prey for the home side's keeper. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave X. Arango from ACTORES a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 63 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! T. Yngvesson's knee will be throbbing for days, but thankfully for Carequinha, he bravely continued in the match. Coming from the right, H. van Bavel almost managed to score another goal for Carequinha, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. Carequinha's F. Perfeito left the field after 69 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was R. Völler. M. Langeder of ACTORES received a yellow card after 70 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. After 72 minutes, ACTORES got a chance to reduce by the way of a penalty, but X. Arango embarrased himself by clipping it wide. The referee showed ACTORES's F. Tullander the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. ACTORES enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 54 percent of possession.

Carequinha's best player was M. Rattanasornthong. However, R. Völler made a disastrous appearance. ACTORES's best player was X. Arango. On the other hand, O. Manzanares's play was disheartening. The match ends 4 - 0.