rafa.f.c 4 - 0 S.C. (375945533)

Clouds darkened the skies at rafa.f.c Arena as 46824 spectators turned up for the match. Vyacheslav Brzhezinskiy was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Timmy Pelleboer and Raffaele Wehinger. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for rafa.f.c. Starters: Maestro - Ciliberto, Vanherck, Michel - Jadot, Dracena, Sarmento, Garcia Neto, Månholt - Raun, Donhauser.

S.C. had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. The following players took the field: Højer Nielsen - Pavone, Tavernier, Hauptman - Plementas, Abutbul, Tomasello, van Dulmen - Poeta, Pizzolato, Osati.

S.C. clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. S.C.'s M. Osati made use of his speed to get free of the defence, but he still couldn't get a shot off 27 minutes into the match. After a fine move down the middle B. Garcia Neto nearly gave the home side a goal after 30 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. rafa.f.c's C. Maestro left the field after 31 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was J. Clark. 32 minutes in, the referee awarded rafa.f.c a penalty. R. Månholt coolly slotted it home for a 1 - 0 lead. rafa.f.c's M. Raun swung in a good chance from the left, but the visitors' defence were able to clear the ball. rafa.f.c's N. Ciliberto got himself booked for a foul. It was 1 - 0 at the break. rafa.f.c enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 71 percent of possession.

A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in rafa.f.c's R. Månholt increasing the lead to 2 - 0. F. Jadot could have increased the lead after 62 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. rafa.f.c's O. Donhauser saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 77 minutes. With 83 minutes played, rafa.f.c's well-worked indirect free kick caused havoc in the penalty area, and when the ball eventually fell to J. Dracena he gleefully slotted the ball home to make it 3 - 0. After this, you could see that the players of rafa.f.c were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. The home side's R. Månholt curled a free kick home after 84 minutes, putting rafa.f.c ahead 4 - 0. This third goal completed a hattrick for R. Månholt. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, M. Osati got himself booked. The manager of S.C. was not happy. Possession in this half belonged to rafa.f.c, who controlled the ball 72 percent of the time.

rafa.f.c's top performer was clearly J. Sarmento. M. Raun was a disappointment, however. S.C.'s best player was L. Poeta. H. Plementas turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 4 - 0.