xampions 0 - 8 Taladrador (382887737)

Clouds darkened the skies at blanco estadium as 28370 spectators turned up for the match. Octav Niculae was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Illarion Shostak and Mario Engelhart. The derby had been the talk of Castilla y León all week and fans of both teams could be seen throughout the stadium. xampions tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. The following players took the field: de Zwart - Miller, Stahonský - Muránsky, Kashintsev, Allaert, Xhaferi, Sassenroth - Pérez, Eleizamendi, Dias.

Taladrador had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Paasche - Knežević, Engel, Schindler - Labraña Martinez, Prats, Rubio Orduña, Akrivopoulos, Pietroń - Pantelić, Espín.

Taladrador were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. F. Xhaferi behaved like an inexperienced youth player after 7 minutes as he gave the ball away to R. Prats. Lucky for him though, there was no goal. With 10 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending. B. Schindler put the ball away for 0 - 1. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, E. Engel got himself booked. The manager of Taladrador was not happy. Taladrador increased their lead after 23 minutes when J. Espín broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 2, much to the home crowd's dismay. 25 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 3 as E. Engel finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. After 29 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for R. Pantelić who increased Taladrador's lead to 0 - 4. Given a free kick close to the byline, Taladrador tried a move that loyal fans may recognise from training. A pass to the side pulled the defence out of position which let R. Prats slip through on goal. He didn't have to break his stride, and slipped the ball past the keeper to make it 0 - 5, 30 minutes into the game. 0 - 5 was the halftime score. Taladrador had most of the ball, with 67 percent of possession.

T. Allaert caused mayhem in his own defensive line with some mad dribbles within his own penalty zone, but Taladrador's J. Labraña Martinez's shot went just wide. E. Akrivopoulos increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 6. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Taladrador lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. P. Eleizamendi challenged the visitors' central defence eagerly, producing a good chance 76 minutes into the game as he went for a through ball. But, as so many times before, the guests' defensive efforts got the best of it. The visitors nearly scored again after 81 minutes, but a superb save by I. de Zwart kept G. Pietroń's free kick out of the net. After 82 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave R. Pantelić a chance to increase the lead for Taladrador, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 7. T. Allaert almost reduced the deficit, having drawn the entire left side defence away, but the shot went straight into the arms of the goalkeeper. After 88 minutes, Taladrador's R. Prats burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 8. Taladrador claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 68 percent.

xampions's top performer was clearly N. Pérez. On the other hand, E. Sassenroth's play was disheartening. Most important Taladrador player was R. Prats. G. Pietroń on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 8.