Aclillas 0 - 9 Shinigamis (379737178)

The crowd of 12000 turning up at Te Enchufo Arena today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Hans Noll was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Petrisor Stoian and Michael Håkansson. Aclillas had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Starters: Storoni - Longo, Quiñonez, Vignetta, Musladini - Rodríguez, Lim, Dermit, Castro - Ilari, Correia.

Shinigamis tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. The following players had been chosen: Zaragoza - Montañez, Gernet - Rallo, Zeuthen, Vandelvira, Vihi, Falskär - Funari, Özlüer, Cosentino.

The game was characterised by rough play and many physical challenges on the wet field, but G. Vignetta showed great heart and had a good game. Some quick footwork on the left side of the field 10 minutes into the match left Shinigamis's M. Funari completely free to score. 0 - 1 for the visitors. With 12 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed M. Vihi of Shinigamis to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 2. A defender managed to keep the ball from crossing the goal-line after a curling shot coming in from the right from M. Gernet after 15 minutes, and prevented Shinigamis from going up another goal. After 22 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed V. Falskär to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 3. Shinigamis came close to extending their lead as J. Montañez delivered a low effort on goal from the right after 31 minutes, but the angle was too narrow and the shot went harmlessly into the side netting. It was 0 - 3 at the break. Shinigamis enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 76 percent of possession.

After 49 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave A. Özlüer a chance to increase the lead for Shinigamis, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 4. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Shinigamis lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. After 51 minutes of play, Shinigamis's A. Özlüer unexpectedly struck an inside out ball from no angle at all and V. Falskär slotted it into the net for 0 - 5. After 52 minutes, Shinigamis's E. Zeuthen burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 6. A drive down the left side allowed V. Falskär to get in close and score another goal for Shinigamis after 53 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 7. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for V. Falskär. 56 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 8 as A. Özlüer finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. The visitors added to their lead 57 minutes into the game, after a sensational penalty kick by Shinigamis's M. Vihi slid just past the home keeper. 0 - 9. Possession in this half belonged to Shinigamis, who controlled the ball 79 percent of the time.

Aclillas's top performer was clearly S. Lim. However, M. Storoni made a disastrous appearance. Shinigamis's best player was D. Vandelvira. On the other hand, D. Zaragoza's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 9.