castellomania 6 - 1 Alvisquer (363191898)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 1361 at LORD TRAFFORD ARENA today. castellomania tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Barbiroli - Markešić, Hampel, Puusa, Bally - Kirchenheim, Pomper, de Nies, Đức Long - Prusak, Careaga.

A 3-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Alvisquer. The following players took the field: Leite Rodrigues - Nascimento, Parreira, Labrego - Ostos Pérez, Röttger, Grosser Jensen, Machado - Martins, Zaplana.

Today, castellomania's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. 6 minutes into the game, Alvisquer had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to passable. A foul after 20 minutes resulted in a free kick. J. Kirchenheim cannonballed it, giving the home team the lead 1 - 0. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in castellomania's A. Careaga increasing the lead to 2 - 0. T. Puusa increased the lead for castellomania to 3 - 0, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! At this point, it was obvious that the players of castellomania lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. After 31 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and M. Hampel gave the castellomania supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 4 - 0. Alvisquer were desperate to get a goal back and pushed forward through the middle 32 minutes into the game. After a scramble in the box, the ball dropped to A. Machado, who smashed it home to make the score 4 - 1. 4 - 1 was the halftime score. Alvisquer claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 51 percent.

The Alvisquer players spent the break getting a rerun of the team's tactical organisation and regained a solid organisation when the game started again. castellomania increased the lead as M. de Nies struck to make the score 5 - 1 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. After 63 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Alvisquer found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to weak. castellomania's S. Bally increased the lead to 6 - 1, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 66 minutes. castellomania's T. Puusa had an excellent opportunity after 76 minutes, shooting after receiving a pass from the right hand side, but he missed the goal by miles! After 77 minutes, Alvisquer 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. C. Ostos Pérez did attempt a finish, but from an awkward position, sending the ball into the away fans. 78 minutes in, R. Zaplana made an incredible run up the middle and nearly reduced the home side's lead, but R. Barbiroli refused to let the ball slip by him. castellomania had most of the ball, with 51 percent of possession.

A. Careaga performed admirably for castellomania. R. Barbiroli turned in a dismal performance, however. Alvisquer's best player was R. Zaplana. A. Leite Rodrigues on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 6 - 1.