sitoman 5 - 2 Deportivo (375670294)

The crowd of 31504 turning up at duff Arena today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Ernest Palkowski was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Mikko Kortetjärvi and Fred Kutsche-Streubel. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for sitoman. Lineup: Puelma - Paterson, Falling, Ranft - Deveney, Jaśniewicz, Sánchez, Haro Esteban, de Carvalho - Ánh, Hurskainen.

Deportivo tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Rizlas - Varas, Karhan, Wólczyński - Chaparro, Mahns, Caralt, Berman, Puelles - Alemparte Gallardo, Guevara.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of sitoman. Deportivo clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. sitoman fans held their breath as J. Hurskainen scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 1 - 0! sitoman solidified their lead at the 19 minute mark, as K. Paterson dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 2 - 0. It might be a while before the fans see Deportivo's Ş. Karhan again, after he had to leave the field in great distress at the 20 minute mark. He was replaced by A. Reyes. Cheers filled the stadium as L. Jaśniewicz broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 3 - 0 to sitoman. Confident in their lead, sitoman's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. Thighs bulging, K. Paterson charged past the weaker players, seemingly oblivious to the rain. With 27 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock, Deportivo showed some good skill and were able to reduce the score to 3 - 1 when A. Guevara got past the home side's central defenders right in front of the goal. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in sitoman's J. Hurskainen increasing the lead to 4 - 1. V. Caralt's lack of experience almost gave sitoman a goal after 39 minutes, but the shot went right into the keeper's arms. sitoman managed to extend their lead to 5 - 1 when J. Hurskainen cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. That made three goals for J. Hurskainen and he was marked down for the hat trick. The home crowd was silenced as B. Alemparte Gallardo took a successful penalty shot 43 minutes into the game, reducing the home lead to 5 - 2. 5 - 2 was the score after the first half. sitoman had most of the ball, with 67 percent of possession.

sitoman's N. Ánh was shown a yellow card after 66 minutes for slicing down an opponent. sitoman enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 59 percent of possession.

The most dominating sitoman player was without a doubt L. Jaśniewicz. C. Puelma on the other hand, had a terrible day. Deportivo's top performer was clearly A. Guevara. A. Reyes turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 5 - 2.