Shipley 8 - 0 Vladislavovo (374523926)

A scorching day at Moorhead Lane, where 26021 spectators were in place for today's match. Res Masafret was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Gurbe de Geer and Fernando Sevilla. Shipley had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. The following players had been chosen: Lemin - Grammenos, Fiúza - Colifa, Kleindienst, Månsson, Thorsen, Ebermann - Dick, Luna, Teslovan.

Vladislavovo decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Lineup: Oude-Luttikhuis - Schofield, Atkinson, Khan, Young - Fairbrass, Evans, Atkins, Keevil - Toon, Clapham.

A foul after 18 minutes resulted in a free kick. B. Månsson cannonballed it, giving the home team the lead 1 - 0. 21 minutes into the game, Shipley seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to passable. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. L. Thorsen squirmed through their central defence after 27 minutes, increasing the lead to 2 - 0. Shipley managed to extend their lead to 3 - 0 when F. Ebermann cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. By now, the players in Shipley felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. Shipley increased the lead as C. Teslovan struck to make the score 4 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. A great save by keeper S. Oude-Luttikhuis after 38 minutes kept the visitors in the game after F. Ebermann struck from the left with a real cannonball. The teams went for the halftime break at 4 - 0. Shipley had most of the ball, with 79 percent of possession.

A review of the gameplan helped Shipley get back to a solid organisation when the referee blew his whistle again. Cheers filled the stadium as U. Luna broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 5 - 0 to Shipley. The intense heat forced J. Atkins into making some errors because he couldn't seem to keep up with the others. Vladislavovo's E. Young was shown a yellow card after 58 minutes for slicing down an opponent. 59 minutes into the game, Shipley had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to solid. After 60 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by E. Colifa might have resulted in another goal for Shipley. However, S. Oude-Luttikhuis made a spectacular save. The coach of Shipley was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 69 minutes, H. Zocher came on for B. Månsson. N. Dick was handed the Shipley captain's armband. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Shipley to 6 - 0 as C. Teslovan finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. 81 minutes into the game, Shipley seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a passable level of organisation. Shipley's J. Lemin had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 82 minutes having been played. E. Godlieb was the replacement. After 83 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and A. Grammenos gave the Shipley supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 7 - 0. Shipley's U. Luna increased the lead to 8 - 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. Vladislavovo had to make a substitution after 87 minutes. R. Khan limped off the field and was replaced by G. Lawrence. Possession in this half belonged to Shipley, who controlled the ball 84 percent of the time.

The most dominating Shipley player was without a doubt U. Luna. However, E. Godlieb made a disastrous appearance. Vladislavovo's top performer was clearly C. Toon. E. Young was a disappointment, however. The match ends 8 - 0.