deportivo 8 - 0 Rafal (382913218)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 28000 to jalisia Arena. German Kucherov was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Brice Hoffmann and Ugo Angiolini. deportivo tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Dovao - Mella, Trueba, Ingemann - Overgaard, Vaattovaara, Carrieri, Skovgaard, Crétinoir - Oliver, Lõvi.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Rafal. They fielded: Díaz - Caja, Urizar Bayo, Márquez, Chedadi - Farrell, Serrano, Schöniger, Martínez Salas - Riaño, Recuero.

The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to T. Skovgaard, but the deportivo player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0! deportivo's V. Dovao left the field after 9 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was T. Ajanto. 15 minutes into the game, Rafal had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to solid. deportivo solidified their lead at the 17 minute mark, as J. Oliver dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 2 - 0. The referee showed deportivo's J. Oliver the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. S. Recuero was the unlucky victim and couldn't continue the game, so Rafal's I. Azarola had to come off the bench. 34 minutes into the game, Rafal seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to weak. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of deportivo to 3 - 0 as M. Carrieri finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. Confident in their lead, deportivo's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. 37 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as L. Ingemann broke through, making the score 4 - 0 for deportivo. 4 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by deportivo, with 88 percent of the ball.

The Rafal players spent the break getting a rerun of the team's tactical organisation and regained a passable organisation when the game started again. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in deportivo's J. Oliver increasing the lead to 5 - 0. Things were deteriorating for the away team as deportivo scored another to make it 6 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for J. Oliver after 69 minutes. By then J. Oliver had scored three goals - a hat trick! J. Oliver fired a shot from distance after 76 minutes, but the long shot couldn't find the net for deportivo. deportivo put themselves up 7 - 0 when K. Vaattovaara broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. 78 minutes into the match J. Oliver put deportivo ahead 8 - 0 with a truly marvelous free kick. Possession in this half belonged to deportivo, who controlled the ball 89 percent of the time.

deportivo's best player was M. Lõvi. On the other hand, L. Ingemann's play was disheartening. Rafal's top performer was clearly S. Schöniger. A. Díaz turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 8 - 0.