cuernos 7 - 1 SportUNIT (383051022)

It was an exceptionally sunny day for the crowd of 24411 that came out to Los sin Arena. Zsigmond Kozma was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Mauro Viana and Karel Barák. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for cuernos. Lineup: Pikoulas - Saura, Schick, Chrapusta - Grengg, Dosrius, Espasens, Navis, Weber - Oosthout, Yanguas.

SportUNIT tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. Starters: Šejnoha - Åkesson, Topçu, De Martelaere - Pampin, Juanhuix, Carreta, Mancuso - Achboun, Blanco, Mullens.

cuernos showed off their creative tactics. SportUNIT decided to play creatively. cuernos took the lead 4 minutes in, as A. Espasens broke through on the left and put the 1 - 0 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. The referee showed cuernos's T. Yanguas the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. After 27 minutes, A. Weber put cuernos ahead 2 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. After 31 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and A. Espasens gave the cuernos supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 3 - 0. After this, you could see that the players of cuernos were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. 35 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as A. Espasens broke through, making the score 4 - 0 for cuernos. At that, A. Espasens was noted down for a hat trick! SportUNIT's G. Mancuso got himself booked for a foul. A. Saura of cuernos had to be helped off the pitch as an injury meant he was unable to finish the game. K. Riisgaard came in to finish the match. A. Espasens's inexperience was obvious when his continual hesitation to put in a tackle allowed M. Juanhuix plenty of time to pick an unguarded area of the goal for his shot, marking one for SportUNIT. 4 - 1. 39 minutes into the game, cuernos were awarded a penalty that G. Oosthout turned into 5 - 1 without a problem. Halftime score was 5 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to cuernos, who controlled the ball 80 percent of the time.

The fierce heat made it important to save breath, and after a few swift runs A. Espasens found it hard to get back into position. After 70 minutes, SportUNIT switched G. Mancuso with J. Rubin, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, SportUNIT's C. Blanco was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 72 minutes. S. Alleaume was given a chance to change things around. cuernos put themselves up 6 - 1 when G. Oosthout broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. With 81 minutes played, cuernos put themselves up 7 - 1 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to G. Oosthout, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. This third goal completed a hattrick for G. Oosthout. R. Schick neatly controlled the ball after a short corner, and knocked it on to A. Weber who had the whole net open before him, but only managed to hit the post. P. Šejnoha was caught napping as G. Oosthout lifted a ball over him following a free kick, but the ball hit the bar, rebounding into the keeper's arms. Given a free kick in a difficult position after 85 minutes, cuernos tried a variation that they had practised in training. The kick was sent into the area just in front of the keeper. However, the defence were on their toes and allowed no space for a finish. SportUNIT's D. Carreta was shown a yellow card after 86 minutes for slicing down an opponent. cuernos were forced into a substitution as A. Weber couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing J. Albalat to come in off the bench. cuernos claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 79 percent.

cuernos's top performer was clearly G. Oosthout. E. Pikoulas on the other hand, had a terrible day. K. Achboun performed admirably for SportUNIT. However, P. Šejnoha made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 7 - 1.