areias 0 - 3 StrikeFC (379294409)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 3174 at ESTADIO CLUB AREIAS today. Anders Johansson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Francis Zorn and Manuel Rubio Llorente. areias had chosen a strategic 5-3-2 formation. The following players took the field: Ramilo - Jylänki, Antonissen, Vikulov, Botelho, Marenzi - Couto, Valle Fernández, Rembrücken - Alexandre, Röppänen.

StrikeFC started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: 健祥 (Jianxiang) - 義凌 (Yiling), Hai Yang, 醒法 (Xingfa) - Strausberg, 凱朋 (Kaipeng) , 淮涌 (Huaiyong) , 英賓 (Yingbin) , Kurets - 翰德 (Hande), 迪盛 (Disheng).

After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, E. Alexandre got himself booked. The manager of areias was not happy. 7 minutes into the game, 姚. 凱朋 (Kaipeng) had a great chance to put his team ahead, but his kick from the left went wide. Having been awarded a free kick in an awkward position after 19 minutes, StrikeFC did not go for a shot but instead fired the ball hard into the 6 yard box. After a brief tussle with his marker, 哈. 醒法 (Xingfa) was able to power the ball past the keeper to make the score 0 - 1. StrikeFC's 姚. 凱朋 (Kaipeng) was shown a yellow card after 20 minutes for slicing down an opponent. V. Kurets tried using a burst of speed to get past his defender after 23 minutes, but it takes more than that to get past fast O. Jylänki. Some mind-boggling play by S. Rembrücken almost resulted in a goal for StrikeFC, but 莊. 翰德 (Hande)'s shot rebounded off the post. 林. 英賓 (Yingbin) 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 J. Ramilo but overcooked it and hit the bar instead. 0 - 1 was the halftime score. StrikeFC claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 83 percent.

V. Kurets of StrikeFC took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 47 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 2. G. Botelho of areias was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. 葉. 迪盛 (Disheng) was, after 63 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors' lead with a well placed diving header after the ball had looped into the centre, but the home side's keeper J. Ramilo made the save. J. Ramilo got a fingertip on 莊. 翰德 (Hande)'s shot from the left 68 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. The home keeper was stunned 79 minutes into the match when he misjudged the free kick by L. Hai Yang and dived in the wrong direction. The visitors increased the lead to 0 - 3. StrikeFC enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 84 percent of possession.

The most dominating areias player was without a doubt A. Röppänen. On the other hand, E. Alexandre's play was disheartening. StrikeFC's top performer was clearly 林. 英賓 (Yingbin) . T. Strausberg was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 3.