isern 4 - 1 Lotus (382988448)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 19484 at Nou Isern today. Dags Krivmans was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Balint Pungã and Erik Emilsson. isern started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Fernández Bobadilla - Cubillos, Roldán Rendon, Vijil - Klabutschnig, Warcaba, Angustia, Wenzel, van der Sterre - Esentan, Persson.

Lotus tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. Lineup: Giance - Camarasa, 德豪 (Dehao) , Butragueño - Doniániz, Casacuberta, Cifuentes, Bañó - Gerpe Landín, García-Cardo, Benito.

isern clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. Lotus used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. A. Esentan gave isern the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 1 - 0 A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in isern's A. Esentan increasing the lead to 2 - 0. Confident in their lead, isern's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. J. Vijil had a fantastic opportunity to put isern up another goal 40 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. After 43 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by U. Persson might have resulted in another goal for isern. However, A. Giance made a spectacular save. Cheers filled the stadium as R. Wenzel broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 3 - 0 to isern. 3 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by isern, with 81 percent of the ball.

L. van der Sterre left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 46 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. C. Miranda was the replacement. A free kick just outside of the visitors' penalty area after 47 minutes could have resulted in another goal, but A. Giance got a hand out and tipped the ball over the bar. isern's C. Miranda got himself booked for a foul. The visitors replied 57 minutes into the game, reducing the home side's lead to 3 - 1, as C. Doniániz dashed up the middle, easily lobbing the ball over the home team's keeper. A. Esentan increased the lead for isern to 4 - 1, 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! That made three goals for A. Esentan and he was marked down for the hat trick. I. Angustia should probably have put his team up another goal after 70 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by A. Giance kept the visitors in the game. isern enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 79 percent of possession.

The most dominating isern player was without a doubt A. Esentan. C. Miranda on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Lotus player was D. Gerpe Landín. On the other hand, J. Camarasa's play was disheartening. The match ends 4 - 1.