Llandaff 0 - 9 goodfellas
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19-05-2012 21.30
Clear skies welcomed the 12000 spectators who had made their way to
The Cow & Snuffers Stadium.
Juan Gonzalez was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Henrik Johannessen and
Mario Quadrio Aristarchi.
The derby had been the talk of
South Glamorgan all week and fans of both teams could be seen throughout the stadium.
Llandaff tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination.
Lineup: Price - Jenkins, Birch, Benjamin, Randall - Day, Wilkinson, Chew, Sayce - Butt, Workman.
goodfellas had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation.
The following players took the field: Nyström - Rebillot, Sheldon, Dams - Colipi, Twily, Verbesselt, Della Morte - Bullard, Dalla Ba, Calle.
18 minutes into the game,
T. Calle almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar.
After 24 minutes, goodfellas's
M. Colipi made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 0 - 1.
E. Sheldon received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 26 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 2. The goodfellas fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early.
Confident in their lead, goodfellas's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it.
After 30 minutes, goodfellas's
B. Dalla Ba burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 3.
The goodfellas free kick 36 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
C. Bullard, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 0 - 4!
0 - 4 was the halftime score.
goodfellas claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 87 percent.
The visitors'
T. Calle took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 50 minutes into the match. 0 - 5 for goodfellas.
After 59 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave
R. Twily a chance to increase the lead for goodfellas, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 6.
The goodfellas players could smell victory in the air.
F. Della Morte wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for
M. Lietard after 60 minutes.
After 60 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for
R. Twily who increased goodfellas's lead to 0 - 7.
After 61 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave
W. Rebillot a chance to increase the lead for goodfellas, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 8.
The visitors'
R. Twily took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 66 minutes into the match. 0 - 9 for goodfellas.
This third goal completed a hattrick for
R. Twily.
goodfellas had most of the ball, with 89 percent of possession.
D. Day performed admirably for Llandaff.
On the other hand,
G. Price's play was disheartening.
Most important goodfellas player was
G. Verbesselt.
However,
C. Bullard made a disastrous appearance.
The match ends 0 - 9.
Rating details
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|
|
| Midfield |
4 |
26 |
 |
 |
| Right defence |
6 |
44 |
 |
 |
| Central defence |
9 |
44 |
 |
 |
| Left defence |
8 |
40 |
 |
 |
| Right attack |
6 |
24 |
 |
 |
| Central attack |
3 |
21 |
 |
 |
| Left attack |
4 |
15 |
 |
 |
| |
| Indirect set pieces |
| Defence |
8 |
25 |
 |
 |
| Attack |
8 |
19 |
 |
 |
| |
| Team attitude |
(Hidden) |
(Hidden) |
| Tactic |
Normal |
Normal |
| Tactic skill |
(no tactic) |
(no tactic) |
|
|
| |
| Average midfield |
4 |
26 |
 |
 |
| Average defence |
8 |
43 |
 |
 |
| Average attack |
4 |
20 |
 |
 |
| Total average |
5 |
30 |
 |
 |