sombras 10 - 0 powners (376466048)

13710 punters turned up at Lado oscuro, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Bengt-Åke Hansson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Niels Milton Houmøller and Ottmar 'E.T.' Lausch. sombras tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. Starters: bin Sofian - Yusti, Taka, Depoorter - Bänziger, Butks, Dumas, Orsi - Gómez, Cordero, Machado Gonçalves.

powners decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players took the field: 名华 (Minghua) - Olvera, Crane, James, Sellers - Ainsworth, Moon, Munoz, Alley - Mercado, Godfrey.

sombras were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. The sombras free kick 3 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of P. Gómez, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 1 - 0! powners's D. Ainsworth was shown a yellow card after 7 minutes for slicing down an opponent. sombras were forced into a substitution as A. bin Sofian couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing C. Munárriz to come in off the bench. C. Yusti was handed the sombras captain's armband. sombras increased the lead as P. Gómez struck to make the score 2 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. The referee showed powners's T. Godfrey the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Things were deteriorating for the away team as sombras scored another to make it 3 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for A. Cordero after 25 minutes. After 26 minutes, sombras were awarded a free kick. Rather than shooting straight at goal, the taker went for an indirect variant which seemed to take his team mates a bit by surprise. F. Bänziger did attempt a finish, but from an awkward position, sending the ball into the away fans. B. Orsi's early cross saw the defenders caught out of position and the alert A. Cordero was able to pounce and roll the ball past the hapless goalkeeper to score for sombras. 4 - 0. The teams went for the halftime break at 4 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by sombras, with 86 percent of the ball.

The sombras players could smell victory in the air. P. Gómez wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for O. Adam after 51 minutes. I. Butks increased the lead for sombras to 5 - 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! Content with how the game was proceeding, the sombras coach let G. Frau replace I. Butks after 67 minutes. sombras were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. sombras managed to extend their lead to 6 - 0 when I. Dumas cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. Confident in their lead, sombras's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. 80 minutes into the match, the speedy F. Bänziger easily outpaced E. Sellers, chipped the keeper and made the score 7 - 0. Given a free kick close to the byline, sombras tried a move that loyal fans may recognise from training. A pass to the side pulled the defence out of position which let G. Frau slip through on goal. He didn't have to break his stride, and slipped the ball past the keeper to make it 8 - 0, 82 minutes into the game. With 83 minutes played, sombras put themselves up 9 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to O. Adam, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave F. Bänziger from sombras a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 85 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! The player down was J. Olvera. The powners bench looked worried for a while, but in the end he managed to get up. sombras increased the lead as A. Cordero struck to make the score 10 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. At that, A. Cordero was noted down for a hat trick! Possession in this half belonged to sombras, who controlled the ball 90 percent of the time.

Most important sombras player was G. Frau. However, C. Munárriz made a disastrous appearance. powners's top performer was clearly J. Mercado. On the other hand, 甘. 名华 (Minghua) 's play was disheartening. The match ends 10 - 0.