Krt 7 - 2 Nathaniel (382000714)

The crowd of 11518 turning up at KròCol Imperiale today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Axel Zanders was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Luis Beltrán and Sigurd Nielsen. Krt had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. They fielded: Stibernitz - Gril, Milojković - Montins, Mortensen, 福卫 (Fuwei) , Deiana, Taucher - Tordoya, Iñigo-Ruiz, Díaz.

Nathaniel decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Parri - Bechler, Animobono, Kühlmeyer - Pistaro, Tortora, Steen, Zufacchi, Jarzemski - Gonçalves Amaral, Serratore.

Krt demonstrated their creative tactics on the field. Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Nathaniel. After 3 minutes, D. Mortensen came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 1 - 0, giving Krt the lead. Krt's D. Mortensen was shown a yellow card after 6 minutes for slicing down an opponent. E. Iñigo-Ruiz increased the lead for Krt to 2 - 0, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Krt's E. Iñigo-Ruiz increasing the lead to 3 - 0. Krt had to make a substitution after 20 minutes. D. Mortensen limped off the field and was replaced by A. Cepeda. 21 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as T. Taucher broke through, making the score 4 - 0 for Krt. Nathaniel were desperate to get a goal back and pushed forward through the middle 38 minutes into the game. After a scramble in the box, the ball dropped to R. Jarzemski, who smashed it home to make the score 4 - 1. 4 - 1 was the score after the first half. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Krt, with 53 percent of the ball.

Krt solidified their lead at the 47 minute mark, as E. Iñigo-Ruiz dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 5 - 1. That made three goals for E. Iñigo-Ruiz and he was marked down for the hat trick. In an effort to secure the lead, Krt changed their tactic after 48 minutes. The visiting team's coach wasn't happy with A. Gonçalves Amaral after he missed an opportunity to reduce the score from the penalty spot 50 minutes into the match. The corner kick from G. Díaz was powerfully met by the head of A. Cepeda to make the score 6 - 1. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Krt lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Krt managed to extend their lead to 7 - 1 when H. Gril cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. The home team's fans were upset when, after 85 minutes, the visiting A. Zufacchi broke through the central defence and kicked the ball past the keeper. 7 - 2 was the score. Krt enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 51 percent of possession.

G. Díaz performed admirably for Krt. H. Gril was a disappointment, however. Nathaniel's best player was A. Zufacchi. On the other hand, M. Parri's play was disheartening. The match ends 7 - 2.