Es Squad 10 - 0 Blizzard (344204946)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 25511 at Tammo Arena today. Pedro Lisboa was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Kalle Talv and Swen Hainz. People from all over Saint Catherine had joined up for the derby. Es Squad tactics involved an interesting 4-3-3 combination. Starters: Shortall - Kadijk, Coslett, Rosales, Arcas - Arskiy, Ochoa, Veršekys - Dupre, Roure, Falleto.

Blizzard decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Allberry - Findlay, Goering, Bourbon, Grant - Naipail, Skeete, Gilbert, Choppin - Simes, Farnell.

Es Squad used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. N. Roure caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 5 minutes. This gave Es Squad the 1 - 0 lead. Cheers filled the stadium as J. Falleto broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 2 - 0 to Es Squad. The home side's A. Kadijk curled a free kick home after 8 minutes, putting Es Squad ahead 3 - 0. Es Squad managed to extend their lead to 4 - 0 when A. Arcas cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. F. Coslett left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 35 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. T. Tenhula was the replacement. It was 4 - 0 at the break. Es Squad had most of the ball, with 82 percent of possession.

Content with how the game was proceeding, the Es Squad coach let B. Marić replace T. Ochoa after 55 minutes. A. Kadijk became the new Es Squad captain. Es Squad increased the lead as J. Falleto struck to make the score 5 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. R. Dupre had a fantastic opportunity to put Es Squad up another goal 61 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. The coach of Es Squad was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 75 minutes, F. Blackman came on for J. Falleto. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Es Squad to 6 - 0 as A. Kadijk finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Es Squad lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. 79 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as N. Roure broke through, making the score 7 - 0 for Es Squad. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave D. Bourbon from Blizzard a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 81 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! S. Goering's inexperience was obvious when his continual hesitation to put in a tackle allowed F. Blackman plenty of time to pick an unguarded area of the goal for his shot, marking one for Es Squad. 8 - 0. The score became 9 - 0 at 84 minutes into the game, when Es Squad were given a penalty which A. Kadijk blasted straight down the middle giving the keeper no chance! At that, A. Kadijk was noted down for a hat trick! Things were going to get worse for the visitors. T. Tenhula squirmed through their central defence after 85 minutes, increasing the lead to 10 - 0. Es Squad claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 87 percent.

The most dominating Es Squad player was without a doubt A. Kadijk. On the other hand, F. Blackman's play was disheartening. Blizzard's best player was E. Simes. However, R. Naipail made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 10 - 0.