asencio 0 - 9 richbunited (380261247)

The 12000 fans in attendance at asencio team Arena were roasting in the hot sun. asencio decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. They fielded: Burns - Leach, Spaul, Meyer, Gilmurray - Holland, Onyons, Mantle, Wedgewood - Orange, Klove.

richbunited tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Polzer - Péron, Mari, Eeckhout - Posset, Mallin, Alonso, Schärli, Hänse - Kiiskilä, Pereira.

richbunited mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. After 13 minutes, richbunited's L. Eeckhout made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 0 - 1. After 17 minutes, richbunited's M. Hänse burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 2. By now, the players in richbunited felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. richbunited's A. Posset was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the opposition's box - É. Pereira managed to volley one of them into the net to make it 0 - 3 after 22 minutes. The visitors' M. Hänse took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 27 minutes into the match. 0 - 4 for richbunited. F. Schärli received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 28 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 5. The richbunited fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave M. Hänse from richbunited a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 31 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Some things can only be learned through experience, and G. Gilmurray should take his lesson to heart after nearly gifting richbunited a goal with 32 minutes of the match played. Central attacks were the recipe of the day for richbunited, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. J. Kiiskilä 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 A. Burns but overcooked it and hit the bar instead. After 41 minutes, richbunited were awarded a free kick. Rather than shooting straight at goal, the taker went for an indirect variant which seemed to take his team mates a bit by surprise. A. Posset did attempt a finish, but from an awkward position, sending the ball into the away fans. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 5. richbunited enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 81 percent of possession.

With 67 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed É. Pereira of richbunited to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 6. A drive down the left side allowed É. Pereira to get in close and score another goal for richbunited after 70 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 7. That made three goals for É. Pereira and he was marked down for the hat trick. The visitors added to their lead 71 minutes into the game, after a sensational penalty kick by richbunited's J. Péron slid just past the home keeper. 0 - 8. Some fine movement on the left led to a richbunited goal after 74 minutes, making it 0 - 9. J. Kiiskilä was noted down as the scorer. richbunited claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 83 percent.

G. Wedgewood performed admirably for asencio. A. Burns was a disappointment, however. The most dominating richbunited player was without a doubt J. Kiiskilä. However, A. Mallin made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 9.