Alylu 7 - 1 LARITA (383026624)

The 12100 spectators at YOU AND ME FOREVER were in for an afternoon of sunshine. Mats Scherzmann was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Matija Živković and Gerbert Harmsen. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Alylu. Lineup: Villa - Aguirre, Pluquet, Stolarski - Briñas, Reizer, Etxeberria, Baxter, Prasek - Bracons, Blomner.

LARITA tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Wahl - Fernández, Covach, Wolfensberger - Vivas, Pavlović, Gudmundsen, Grosen, Wertanek - Boccard, Bouge.

The wings were the focus of most of Alylu's attacks today. Today, LARITA's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Attacking on the wings was the choice for LARITA, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. This was a good period for the visitors, with several opportunities to take the lead, particularly when G. Boccard slipped through the defence on the right to come up alone against A. Villa, but the home side's keeper showed his lightning reflexes. R. Grosen came close to putting the visiting team one up 20 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but A. Villa managed to tip the ball to a corner. Some quick footwork on the left side of the field 25 minutes into the match left LARITA's F. Covach completely free to score. 0 - 1 for the visitors. The referee showed Alylu's F. Baxter the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. LARITA were forced into a substitution as G. Wahl couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing M. Aristimuño to come in off the bench. With a shot curled in from just outside the middle of the penalty area after 30 minutes played, F. Prasek of Alylu made the score 1 - 1. 33 minutes in, LARITA's S. Bouge received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to M. Pluquet, but the Alylu player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 2 - 1! Alylu increased the lead as J. Stolarski struck to make the score 3 - 1 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. N. Fernández of LARITA received a yellow card after 43 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. 3 - 1 was the score after the first half. Alylu enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 54 percent of possession.

Alylu's F. Baxter increased the lead to 4 - 1, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 47 minutes. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave M. Aguirre from Alylu a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 48 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! J. Stolarski wasn't much help defensively. His energy-consuming forward runs proved quite costly in the oppressive heat. After 59 minutes, P. Bracons put Alylu ahead 5 - 1 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. J. Briñas left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 65 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. E. Lamberts was the replacement. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Alylu coach let E. Undajauregi replace M. Pluquet after 70 minutes. F. Baxter was the new captain of Alylu - handed the armband by the departing player. Alylu were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. P. Bracons increased the lead for Alylu to 6 - 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! F. Baxter wanted to play on, but the Alylu coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 75 minutes into the game by W. Wiborg. W. Wiborg was handed the Alylu captain's armband. The sun seemed to put A. Reizer in a great mood, and he showed off his technical skills all match long. 79 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as P. Bracons broke through, making the score 7 - 1 for Alylu. At that, P. Bracons was noted down for a hat trick! At this point, it was obvious that the players of Alylu lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Alylu claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 54 percent.

Most important Alylu player was F. Blomner. On the other hand, J. Stolarski's play was disheartening. LARITA's best player was G. Boccard. M. Vivas on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 7 - 1.