motanii 8 - 0 Chelsea (207225560)

Due to an all-day shower, 12202 paying spectators got to see a match on a pitch-turned-bog at arena motanilor. Matthijs Becq was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Don Reerink and Jon R. Ljosland. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for motanii. The following players had been chosen: Picicco - Gretcu, Hansson, Boucault - Kjærulff, Tonelo, Lindenmann, van Veenendaal, bin Marjan - Biģis, Eikrem.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Chelsea. They fielded: Trif - Deak, Furdui, Popa, Lentsch - Popovici, Nicolae, Voicu, Georgescu - Condrea, Constantin.

motanii had a chance to take the lead after Ø. Eikrem's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 6 minutes. 15 minutes in, motanii's K. Biģis received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. After 22 minutes of play, K. Biģis gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right. 30 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as J. Boucault broke through, making the score 2 - 0 for motanii. Confident in their lead, motanii's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. C. van Veenendaal was uncomfortable with the soggy pitch as he couldn't move the ball around with his usual grace. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, I. Georgescu got himself booked. The manager of Chelsea was not happy. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by motanii, with 79 percent of the ball.

The motanii players could smell victory in the air. G. Lindenmann wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for C. Flovær after 46 minutes. After 59 minutes, K. Biģis put motanii ahead 3 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. Ø. Eikrem left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 60 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. B. Grigorescu was the replacement. Chelsea's V. Nicolae was shown a yellow card after 60 minutes for slicing down an opponent. One of many good crosses from M. bin Marjan on the wing was received and skillfully taken care of by K. Biģis, who scored for motanii. 4 - 0 That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for K. Biģis. After 76 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and J. Boucault gave the motanii supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 5 - 0. motanii put themselves up 6 - 0 when C. van Veenendaal broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. The referee showed Chelsea's P. Condrea the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. It was a fine day for M. bin Marjan on his wing, his cross pass to D. Kjærulff was especially delicate 86 minutes into the game, but the keeper saved. The motanii free kick 86 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of J. Tonelo, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 7 - 0! P. Condrea knew he was in trouble after hacking down an opponent. Despite his pleading with the referee, the Chelsea player was shown a second yellow card and dismissed from the game. A loud groan was heard from the fans of motanii, as C. Flovær left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. H. Klangblad took his place on the field. A well-executed free kick by D. Kjærulff after 90 minutes made it 8 - 0 for motanii. motanii claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 81 percent.

The most dominating motanii player was without a doubt J. Tonelo. L. Picicco was a disappointment, however. Chelsea's top performer was clearly G. Deak. However, L. Popa made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 8 - 0.