Equipazo 9 - 1 Baileys (376467141)

Due to an all-day shower, 32843 paying spectators got to see a match on a pitch-turned-bog at José Raúl Capablanca (19/11/1888 - 08/03/1942). Lorenzo Lopez was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Leontin Dobre and Florian Goller. A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Equipazo. Lineup: Mulier - Klej, Tibaldi - von Bonin, Eikeland, Caprarelli, Boormans, Turull - Puerto, Espeleta, Pricoco.

Baileys decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Starters: Tique - Rey, Pirazán, Del Campo - Mazorra, Guillén, Urbaneja, Zamarreño, Betancur - Cardozo, Gutiérrez.

A questionable penalty 2 minutes in gave the home side the lead, 1 - 0. The visitors' goalie didn't stand a chance as J. Espeleta knocked the ball home. Things were deteriorating for the away team as Equipazo scored another to make it 2 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for J. Espeleta after 4 minutes. J. Espeleta increased the lead for Equipazo to 3 - 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! That made three goals for J. Espeleta and he was marked down for the hat trick. Confident in their lead, Equipazo's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, R. Del Campo got himself booked. The manager of Baileys was not happy. The visitors replied 17 minutes into the game, reducing the home side's lead to 3 - 1, as Ó. Urbaneja dashed up the middle, easily lobbing the ball over the home team's keeper. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Equipazo coach let L. Pizzinutti replace E. Caprarelli after 30 minutes. The coach of Equipazo was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 35 minutes, M. Di Francesco came on for T. Eikeland. E. Boormans wanted to play on, but the Equipazo coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 40 minutes into the game by J. Budny. J. Budny was handed the Equipazo captain's armband. It was 3 - 1 at the break. Equipazo had most of the ball, with 77 percent of possession.

Cheers filled the stadium as J. Espeleta broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 4 - 1 to Equipazo. After 49 minutes, M. Di Francesco put Equipazo ahead 5 - 1 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. Equipazo's J. Budny increased the lead to 6 - 1, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 60 minutes. A. Guillén of Baileys received a yellow card after 79 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. After 80 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and O. Pricoco gave the Equipazo supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 7 - 1. The boggy pitch disrupted the game, especially for technical players like A. Klej. With 83 minutes played, Equipazo's well-worked indirect free kick caused havoc in the penalty area, and when the ball eventually fell to O. Pricoco he gleefully slotted the ball home to make it 8 - 1. E. Gutiérrez did not have a good day today, often losing his footing on the muddy pitch. Equipazo increased the lead as V. Tibaldi struck to make the score 9 - 1 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. Equipazo claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 76 percent.

Equipazo's top performer was clearly J. Espeleta. On the other hand, K. Mulier's play was disheartening. Most important Baileys player was A. Zamarreño. Á. Betancur turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 9 - 1.