LUPACCHIOTTI 0 - 9 eagles (349195532)

12000 spectators had come to Nella Tana this cloudy day. Conny Fredblad was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Karl Staven and Mario Bombardieri. LUPACCHIOTTI tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Lineup: Whyte - Melven, Thornburn, McTaggart, Barclay - Garrett, Larkin, Baker, Ashwood - Noone, MacKinstray.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for eagles. They fielded: Heras Canales - Błaut, Perrot, Rubinstein, Zvelebil - Ingemarsson, Hallmann, Murias, Patrón - Remus, Fandiño.

eagles demonstrated their creative tactics on the field. A penalty was given after 2 minutes, allowing the visitors to gain the lead: 0 - 1. E. Remus was the scorer. eagles's D. Patrón got himself booked for a foul. J. McTaggart was the unlucky victim and couldn't continue the game, so LUPACCHIOTTI's E. Blackley had to come off the bench. Some fine movement on the left led to a eagles goal after 30 minutes, making it 0 - 2. E. Zvelebil was noted down as the scorer. The players of eagles now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. After a savage shot that could only be parried by the keeper, D. Patrón demonstrated his experience by being in just the right place to slot home the rebound. His goal for eagles 37 minutes into the match made the score 0 - 3. The visitors added to their lead 40 minutes into the game, after a sensational penalty kick by eagles's E. Remus slid just past the home keeper. 0 - 4. LUPACCHIOTTI had to make a substitution after 41 minutes. A. Baker limped off the field and was replaced by L. Follan. eagles increased their lead after 42 minutes when M. Hallmann broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 5, much to the home crowd's dismay. L. Follan received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly 43 minutes into the match, probably out of lack of experience, and almost let an opponent score. eagles increased the lead to 0 - 6 as E. Remus scored from the penalty spot, putting the ball in near the top left corner. That made three goals for E. Remus and he was marked down for the hat trick. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave A. Rubinstein from eagles a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 44 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! LUPACCHIOTTI were forced into a substitution as A. Thornburn couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing A. Keane to come in off the bench. 0 - 6 was the score after the first half. eagles enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 69 percent of possession.

After 48 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for M. Hallmann who increased eagles's lead to 0 - 7. M. Barclay of LUPACCHIOTTI received a yellow card after 70 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. The visitors' D. Patrón took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 74 minutes into the match. 0 - 8 for eagles. The referee signalled a penalty 79 minutes into the game following an offence which looked like it was outside the box. E. Remus knocked it home to make the score 0 - 9. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by eagles, with 71 percent of the ball.

Most important LUPACCHIOTTI player was T. Noone. However, W. Whyte made a disastrous appearance. A. Fandiño performed admirably for eagles. On the other hand, M. Hallmann's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 9.