Grande 9 - 0 diegoides (375648175)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 12810 at Estadio Azul today. Ilkka Saksi was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Alexey Muratov and Fredrik Nederbom. Grande started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Frella - Moniger, Granic, García - Vittoria, do Coruto, Denker, Déry, Zizzoli - Foxá, Traoui.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for diegoides. Lineup: Contreras - Rueda Ochoa, Ripamonti, Trujillo, Hazard - Yupanqui, Urriaga, Bustos, Fajardo - Capons, Fuentes.

Grande saw most attack opportunities on the wings. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, A. Foxá scored for Grande putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 10 minutes. Grande solidified their lead at the 24 minute mark, as P. García dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 2 - 0. R. Ripamonti's lack of experience almost gave Grande a goal after 26 minutes, but the shot went right into the keeper's arms. What was G. Déry thinking? That's what everyone wondered when, for no apparent reason, he shot a cross pass over his own penalty area, giving G. Yupanqui an extra chance, but unfortunately for diegoides, he didn't get the shot right. H. Traoui increased the lead for Grande 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! After 32 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and A. do Coruto gave the Grande supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 4 - 0. Grande managed to extend their lead to 5 - 0 when H. Traoui cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. After this, you could see that the players of Grande were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. diegoides's R. Hazard was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 39 minutes. The teams went for the halftime break at 5 - 0. Grande claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 86 percent.

Cheers filled the stadium as A. Foxá broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 6 - 0 to Grande. diegoides's Ó. Capons got himself booked for a foul. 54 minutes into the game, J. Trujillo had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came G. Ossorio. Grande's A. Foxá saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 55 minutes. 70 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as T. Denker broke through, making the score 7 - 0 for Grande. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Grande to 8 - 0 as G. Déry finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. The home side's P. García curled a free kick home after 72 minutes, putting Grande ahead 9 - 0. The referee showed diegoides's G. Yupanqui the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. A. Foxá left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 89 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. Ø. Estil was the replacement. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Grande, with 87 percent of the ball.

Grande's top performer was clearly H. Traoui. Ø. Estil was a disappointment, however. A. Fuentes performed admirably for diegoides. B. Contreras turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 9 - 0.