manitos 0 - 10 Albaida (383025878)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 12000 at M4N1T0S P0W4 ST4D1UM today. Willy Zwamborn was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Sandro Cortázar and Filiep Brems. manitos decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Starters: Foncueva - Amatriain, Espasa, López Guillén, Castellbell - Marieges, Paternina, 海亮 (Hailiang) , Hierro - Gary, Iribi.

Albaida started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Fernández - Manolache, Wehrle, Koolhoven - Maratea, Jogutis, Intimayta, Davies, Guijt - Karaplis, Clapés.

Albaida seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. After 18 minutes, Albaida put themselves up 0 - 1, as È. Clapés finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. Albaida players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. After 18 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for C. Koolhoven who increased Albaida's lead to 0 - 2. R. Gary of manitos received a yellow card after 19 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. After a short break after 20 minutes, Albaida seemed to change their tactical approach a bit. With 21 minutes played, Albaida put themselves up 0 - 3 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was È. Clapés. S. Wehrle increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 4. After this, you could see that the players of Albaida were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. A drive down the left side allowed È. Clapés to get in close and score another goal for Albaida after 36 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 5. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for È. Clapés. 0 - 5 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Albaida, with 81 percent of the ball.

After 54 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed T. Intimayta to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 6. Albaida were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. After 55 minutes, Albaida's P. Maratea burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 7. After 56 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave È. Clapés a chance to increase the lead for Albaida, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 8. Some fine movement on the left led to a Albaida goal after 57 minutes, making it 0 - 9. M. Karaplis was noted down as the scorer. Albaida increased their lead after 72 minutes when T. Intimayta broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 10, much to the home crowd's dismay. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave S. Espasa from manitos a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 74 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! T. Davies of Albaida had to be helped off the pitch as an injury meant he was unable to finish the game. A. Gortázar came in to finish the match. Possession in this half belonged to Albaida, who controlled the ball 85 percent of the time.

Most important manitos player was R. Castellbell. B. Foncueva turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating Albaida player was without a doubt M. Karaplis. T. Intimayta on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 10.