BARCELONA 4 - 0 rosas (367545883)

It was an exceptionally sunny day for the crowd of 21850 that came out to CAMP NOU. Humphrey Barendregt was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Konrad Limacher and Tobias Busnelli. BARCELONA started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Brea - Vulli, Hodge, Cebo - Studničný, Negelein, Ašćerić, Aushilfe, Lisle - Brightbill, Muci.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for rosas. The following players took the field: Bovio - Smykowski, Salomón, Tičinović - Tarhonen, Iordache, Negrescu, de Munnik, Rendic - Dhaussy, Bertocchi.

After 6 minutes of play, T. Hodge gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right. After 12 minutes a well-practised indirect free kick routine by BARCELONA was easily anticipated by the defenders. The players forward were so well marked, they were left with few viable options. After 18 minutes rosas's G. Bertocchi contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. A great save by keeper M. Bovio after 26 minutes kept the visitors in the game after W. Brightbill struck from the left with a real cannonball. With 30 minutes played, the visitors could have drawn level after A. Iordache came through the middle, but his kick went wide. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in BARCELONA's V. Lisle increasing the lead to 2 - 0. H. Cebo could have increased the lead after 37 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. 41 minutes in, BARCELONA's T. Hodge received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. The player down was M. Bovio. The rosas bench looked worried for a while, but in the end he managed to get up. 2 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to BARCELONA, who controlled the ball 61 percent of the time.

70 minutes in, G. Bertocchi made an incredible run up the middle and nearly reduced the home side's lead, but E. Brea refused to let the ball slip by him. M. Smykowski enjoyed the sunshine and demonstrated his stunning technique over and over again. BARCELONA's M. Vulli was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 74 minutes. BARCELONA were given a gift! The ref dubiously awarded them a penalty 83 minutes into the match, which was neatly put away by M. Muci. 3 - 0 for the home side. BARCELONA's M. Muci increased the lead to 4 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 86 minutes. BARCELONA claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 63 percent.

V. Ašćerić performed admirably for BARCELONA. However, V. Lisle made a disastrous appearance. rosas's best player was A. Iordache. On the other hand, A. Tičinović's play was disheartening. The match ends 4 - 0.