ritaline 6 - 0 Azmodeo (379908342)

3460 punters turned up at capital das vitorias, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Denis Guibert was the appointed referee. A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for ritaline. Lineup: Scaramozzino - Oliveira, Train, Passing - Miez, Trillo, Schejbal, Bulder - Hudák, Werpachowski, Shrubb.

Azmodeo had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. They fielded: Siveri - Goblirsch, Banniseth, Pigniczki, Ceballos - Halldórsson, Vanoirbeek, Fragoso, Mila, Locher - Annunziata.

ritaline saw most attack opportunities on the wings. Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Azmodeo. ritaline broke through on the left 10 minutes into the game, with W. Bulder firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 1 - 0 lead. 23 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as C. Hudák broke through, making the score 2 - 0 for ritaline. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of ritaline to 3 - 0 as D. Shrubb finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. Azmodeo's right side looked dangerous after 32 minutes, as D. Banniseth broke through. M. Scaramozzino continued to stifle them, however, as he made the save look easy. With 38 minutes gone, a long pass from the defence of Azmodeo resulted in a counterattack that set A. Halldórsson free through the middle, but the keeper made a spectacular diving save. Azmodeo's D. Banniseth got himself booked for a foul. A loud groan was heard from the fans of ritaline, as M. Scaramozzino left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. A. Huijbers took his place on the field. Players in ritaline heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. ritaline's K. Miez had an excellent opportunity after 44 minutes, shooting after receiving a pass from the right hand side, but he missed the goal by miles! 3 - 0 was the score after the first half. ritaline enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 55 percent of possession.

After 47 minutes, Azmodeo switched A. Mila with M. Blanco, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. The bench was restless, and with 50 minutes passed Azmodeo's coach gave G. Curran the opportunity the player had been hoping for. M. Annunziata reluctantly left the field. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Azmodeo's A. Halldórsson was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 50 minutes. L. Arıca was given a chance to change things around. ritaline increased the lead as J. Trillo struck to make the score 4 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. After this, you could see that the players of ritaline were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. 53 minutes into the game, Azmodeo's attack got through on the right, but M. Blanco couldn't handle the ball and his feeble kick wound up in the keeper's arms. With 63 minutes played, ritaline put themselves up 5 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to C. Hudák, 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 L. Arıca from Azmodeo a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 74 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! 75 minutes into the game, ritaline were awarded a penalty that W. Bulder turned into 6 - 0 without a problem. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, J. Trillo got himself booked. The manager of ritaline was not happy. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by ritaline, with 55 percent of the ball.

Most important ritaline player was J. Trillo. However, L. Train made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating Azmodeo player was without a doubt Y. Vanoirbeek. On the other hand, M. Blanco's play was disheartening. The match ends 6 - 0.