SuDaKaYa 0 - 5 Lionheart_05 (277321969)

Dark skies made the crowd of 36358 at SuDaKa arena a little nervous, but the rain held off. Uvis Pencis was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Felix Draber and Kristoffer Hansen. All of Guayas was shut down for the day, as fans of both clubs came to the derby. SuDaKaYa tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Baldeón - Cordero, Aldana Amaya, Ordoñez, Vranić - Mikonranta, Amoroso, Valencia, Zambrano - Morán Cabrera, Barrett-Jolley.

Lionheart_05 decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. Lineup: Veintimilla - Burkel, Anderbeck, Rodríguez - Ordoñez, Hurtado, Iraola, Domínguez - Handspiel, Drapeau, Mina.

Lionheart_05 mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. As D. Ordoñez had, completely unprovoked, swept the legs out from under an opponent in front of a linesman, the referee gave the SuDaKaYa player a red card without batting an eyelid. The player down was W. Ordoñez. The Lionheart_05 bench looked worried for a while, but in the end he managed to get up. 8 minutes of the match played, and a comedy of errors by the home side gave the visitors a chance at the lead, but J. Iraola, after finding himself dashing down on goal from the left with only the keeper to beat, sliced his shot horribly wide. Some good play on the left wing created an opportunity for the visitors 28 minutes into the match, and H. Mina wasn't about to let it go by. He got past the defenders and fired a shot that the keeper just missed. 0 - 1 for the visitors. After 29 minutes, Lionheart_05's D. Handspiel burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 2. After 32 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for A. Burkel who increased Lionheart_05's lead to 0 - 3. 34 minutes into the game a free kick by A. Burkel found its way through the home side's poorly assembled defensive formation, making Lionheart_05's lead 0 - 4. After this, you could see that the players of Lionheart_05 were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. 0 - 4 was the score after the first half. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Lionheart_05, with 76 percent of the ball.

The coach of Lionheart_05 was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 46 minutes, G. Ramírez came on for H. Mina. An indecisive keeper looked on as a free kick by Lionheart_05's A. Burkel put the visitors up 0 - 5 after 48 minutes. That made three goals for A. Burkel and he was marked down for the hat trick. After 62 minutes a well-practised indirect free kick routine by Lionheart_05 was easily anticipated by the defenders. The players forward were so well marked, they were left with few viable options. After 65 minutes, Lionheart_05 were awarded a free kick. Rather than shooting straight at goal, the taker went for an indirect variant which seemed to take his team mates a bit by surprise. G. Ramírez did attempt a finish, but from an awkward position, sending the ball into the away fans. 78 minutes into the game, Lionheart_05 worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch. Possession in this half belonged to Lionheart_05, who controlled the ball 76 percent of the time.

A. Valencia performed admirably for SuDaKaYa. On the other hand, R. Morán Cabrera's play was disheartening. The most dominating Lionheart_05 player was without a doubt S. Drapeau. However, I. Veintimilla made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 5.