The 6567 spectators at
jeroglifico team Arena were in for an afternoon of sunshine.
Bekir Yalvaç was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Massimiliano Aspè and
Thomas Hallin.
jeroglifico tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination.
Starters: Goracci - Sáinz, Moraga, Sevila, Soriano - Roldán, Portugal, Llinàs, Vallabriga - Diego, Callejon.
Chelsea started off with a 4-4-2 lineup.
The following players took the field: Bielawa - Tío Sánchez, Cunillera, Azpiri, Casador - Reinbrecht, Casasayes, Miura, Serrano Pacheco - Cerón, Aybar.
Almost all the way down to the corner flag, Chelsea's
Ó. Serrano Pacheco somehow managed to get a perfect pass into the middle, impossible to miss for
B. Cerón, who struck for 0 - 1.
The sun seemed to put
E. Sáinz in a great mood, and he showed off his technical skills all match long.
The home crowd was not impressed when
D. Casasayes came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 32 minutes. Chelsea were now up 0 - 2.
B. Cerón increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 3.
After this, you could see that the players of Chelsea were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals.
The referee showed jeroglifico's
C. Roldán the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge.
G. Aybar of Chelsea had to be helped off the pitch as an injury meant he was unable to finish the game.
D. Faus came in to finish the match.
After 44 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave
G. Reinbrecht a chance to increase the lead for Chelsea, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 4.
A drive down the left side allowed
Z. Azpiri to get in close and score another goal for Chelsea after 44 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 5.
The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 5.
Chelsea had most of the ball, with 69 percent of possession.
With 59 minutes played, Chelsea put themselves up 0 - 6 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was
B. Cerón.
At that,
B. Cerón was noted down for a hat trick!
jeroglifico's
E. Sáinz had a nice free kick routine after 61 minutes that was very close to paying off, had it not been for a dramatic save by the visitors' keeper.
The counterattacks of Chelsea were deadly and 62 minutes into the game,
D. Faus received a nice pass from the right flank, making it 0 - 7.
After 75 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for
B. Cerón who increased Chelsea's lead to 0 - 8.
With 76 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed
B. Cerón of Chelsea to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 9.
Possession in this half belonged to Chelsea, who controlled the ball 73 percent of the time.
M. Callejon performed admirably for jeroglifico.
P. Goracci turned in a dismal performance, however.
Chelsea's top performer was clearly
B. Cerón.
On the other hand,
Ó. Serrano Pacheco's play was disheartening.
The match ends 0 - 9.