Labateca 6 - 0 roldayork (376305701)

47029 spectators arrived at Old Park, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Lars Rasborg was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Simon Gunzelmann and Sérgio Domingos. Labateca tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Delgado - Valadas, Grisales, Gendráč - Fast, 關山 (Guanshan) , Lambuley, Neme, Mera - Traves, Rodríguez.

roldayork had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Góngora - Milkes, Turk, Koehlinger - Tanasijević, Masili, Estrabaut, Tello, Khoma - Gálvez, Guillot.

Labateca showed off their creative tactics. Today, roldayork's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Labateca could have put themselves ahead after 19 minutes but P. Traves missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. M. Tello of roldayork received a yellow card after 20 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Labateca took the lead 34 minutes into the game by 1 - 0, as P. Traves elegantly received a long range pass through the middle, finishing off with a half-volley shot just below the bar. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Labateca to 2 - 0 as A. Rodríguez finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. With 43 minutes played, Labateca put themselves up 3 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to P. Traves, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. Halftime score was 3 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Labateca, with 67 percent of the ball.

Cheers filled the stadium as Á. Valadas broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 4 - 0 to Labateca. By now, the players in Labateca felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. P. Traves's lightning pace was too much for C. Milkes who could only look on as the Labateca player blasted one home. 5 - 0. This third goal completed a hattrick for P. Traves. Labateca solidified their lead at the 85 minute mark, as P. Traves dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 6 - 0. Labateca enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 75 percent of possession.

Labateca's best player was A. Rodríguez. However, M. Gendráč made a disastrous appearance. roldayork's top performer was clearly W. Masili. On the other hand, L. Khoma's play was disheartening. The match ends 6 - 0.