mater 6 - 0 Lugea (367381454)

Dark skies made the crowd of 37835 at Duff's Stadium a little nervous, but the rain held off. Tom Krey was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jaleel Khallali and Eike Tzschoppe. mater started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Caparó - Conde, Ugalde, Altona - Simeonov, Molí, Baraldés, Papiol, Llambias - da Silva, Daal.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Lugea. They fielded: Ruiz - Ramirez-Tello, Dokali, Burgo Díaz - Villarreal, Castro-Medinilla, Gallones, Rodríguez, Galiñáns - Torres Campo, Valle Las Heras.

Lugea showed off their creative tactics. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, D. da Silva scored for mater putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 2 minutes. mater increased the lead as S. Simeonov struck to make the score 2 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave B. Altona from mater a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 22 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Lugea had to make a substitution after 24 minutes. A. Dokali limped off the field and was replaced by A. Ortiz Manuel. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in mater's J. Daal increasing the lead to 3 - 0. After 30 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by D. da Silva might have resulted in another goal for mater. However, R. Ruiz made a spectacular save. E. Molí of mater was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. It was 3 - 0 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to mater, who controlled the ball 74 percent of the time.

The home side's B. Altona came close to extending the lead 62 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but R. Ruiz managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of mater to 4 - 0 as E. Molí finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. After 79 minutes, L. Papiol put mater ahead 5 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. The mater free kick 81 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 A. Conde, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 6 - 0! The players of mater now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. The visitors got a chance to pulling one back after 82 minutes, due to a defensive blunder leaving A. Ortiz Manuel completely unmarked. His strike was pathetic though, easy prey for the home side's keeper. mater had most of the ball, with 71 percent of possession.

mater's top performer was clearly L. Papiol. On the other hand, D. da Silva's play was disheartening. The most dominating Lugea player was without a doubt N. Rodríguez. A. Ortiz Manuel was a disappointment, however. The match ends 6 - 0.