america 0 - 8 harpias (375979391)

8282 spectators had found their way to america do xile Arena, despite the heavy rain. Joaquín Dévora was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Magne Andersen and Bruno Poggi. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for america. The following players had been chosen: Cortez - da Costa, Pelicano, Ascurra, Sergipano - Barbi, da Luz, Rodrigues, Baú - Ouriques, Gonçalvez.

harpias started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Madetko - Koskimies, Fig Nielsen, Diepold - Dornelles, Barretos, Borg, Pajuçara, Veiga - Mota Cunha, Sarv.

The wings were the focus of most of harpias's attacks today. Thighs bulging, N. Sergipano charged past the weaker players, seemingly oblivious to the rain. harpias's J. Mota Cunha managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 28 minutes. 0 - 1. An amazing free kick flew past the home keeper 36 minutes into the match, putting harpias ahead 0 - 2. M. Fig Nielsen was the scorer. After 38 minutes harpias's M. Fig Nielsen contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. It was obvious that harpias had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. With 39 minutes played, harpias put themselves up 0 - 3 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was V. Dornelles. J. Mota Cunha of harpias took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 41 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 4. By now, the players in harpias felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. 42 minutes into the game, Z. Madetko had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came F. Zadzielak. Halftime score was 0 - 4. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by harpias, with 76 percent of the ball.

harpias were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. harpias increased their lead after 60 minutes when D. Barretos broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 5, much to the home crowd's dismay. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, T. Koskimies got himself booked. The manager of harpias was not happy. The home crowd was not impressed when I. Sarv came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 65 minutes. harpias were now up 0 - 6. With 70 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed I. Sarv of harpias to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 7. After 73 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed T. Borg to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 8. With 80 minutes played, seemingly due to lack of experience, G. Diepold needlessly tripped an opponent just outside the penalty area, but the free kick that followed didn't succeed. harpias had most of the ball, with 77 percent of possession.

The most dominating america player was without a doubt D. Rodrigues. However, F. Cortez made a disastrous appearance. harpias's best player was F. Zadzielak. On the other hand, G. Diepold's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 8.