varanger 0 - 5 lugo.c.f (378042704)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 347 to Varjjatarena. Jes Sand Pedersen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Tom Berger and Agustin Delgado. A 4-3-3 alignment was the formation of choice for varanger. The following players took the field: Zlatanoski - Thoen, Rosa, Giano, Brandal - Welle, Rasimäki, Németh - Grlić, Sneve, Abranches.

lugo.c.f started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Krauer - Gómez, Valls, Obelleiro - Jimilio, Miñano, Xamena, Itev, Furió - Cartella, Solano.

Today, varanger's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of lugo.c.f's J. Gómez after 5 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 0 - 1 lead. E. Valls increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 2. After 19 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed E. Valls to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 3. 20 minutes into the game, varanger had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to inadequate. 25 minutes into the game, R. Solano had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came I. Hernialde. With 30 minutes played, lugo.c.f's well-worked indirect free kick caused havoc in the penalty area, and when the ball eventually fell to J. Xamena he gleefully slotted the ball home to make it 0 - 4. At this point, it was obvious that the players of lugo.c.f lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. The home crowd cheered when, after 40 minutes, B. Itev's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 4. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by lugo.c.f, with 73 percent of the ball.

During the break, varanger's coach went through the team's tactics yet again, getting them up to solid organisation. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, varanger's A. Németh was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 46 minutes. Z. Prúchkov was given a chance to change things around. varanger needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 46 minutes F. Abranches made way for G. Talalis. After 46 minutes, varanger switched J. Sneve with S. Kjeldsberg, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. J. Grlić tried to get a goal back for varanger but despite all his hard work down the right, he just couldn't complete the move. 72 minutes in, varanger appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only weak. With 74 minutes played, I. Hernialde nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. Ó. Cartella of lugo.c.f was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. J. Miñano came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle. He tried to lift the ball over M. Zlatanoski but overcooked it and hit the bar instead. With 82 minutes played, Z. Prúchkov of varanger fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. With 83 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed J. Furió of lugo.c.f to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 5. 84 minutes into the match, J. Xamena came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. lugo.c.f's P. Obelleiro was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 85 minutes. lugo.c.f enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 76 percent of possession.

varanger's top performer was clearly S. Kjeldsberg. H. Welle on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating lugo.c.f player was without a doubt P. Obelleiro. On the other hand, J. Furió's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 5.