sevilla 0 - 4 Alm (383175207)

9087 spectators arrived at Ramón Sanchez Pizjuán, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Guido Lochak was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Marino Bordoni and Iosif Bushnev. A 5-4-1 alignment was the formation of choice for sevilla. They fielded: Rattier - Espada, Cartelle, Le Vergé, Bonfill, Capdevila - Dūle, Rogalskiy, Urbilla, Viejo - Nova.

Alm tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players took the field: Holčovský - Passemard, Cambeo, Brunnenmaier, Gerlach - Özbal, Kiprovskiy, Soriano, Sawitzki - Džupka, Jůzek.

sevilla used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. The wings were the focus of most of Alm's attacks today. sevilla had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. Many thought W. Le Vergé ought to have been awarded a penalty 6 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around J. Holčovský after a determined run through the middle. Alm were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. With 7 minutes gone, C. Özbal suddenly found himself completely free on the right wing when a counterattack by Alm caught their opponents by surprise. Only a great save by the opposing keeper prevented him from scoring. Making his way up the middle 21 minutes into the match, R. Cartelle almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert J. Holčovský blocked it to keep the score level. sevilla's M. Capdevila got himself booked for a foul. Alm's I. Sawitzki was shown a yellow card after 30 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Alm's I. Sawitzki has the wonderful ability to create chances out of thin air. 35 minutes into the match he bamboozled a couple of opposition defenders before sending the keeper the wrong way and sidefooting the ball home into an empty net. That totally unexpected burst of flair made it 0 - 1. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 1. Possession of the ball saw an equal split between the teams during the forty-five minutes.

F. Nova charged down the left and had a wonderful opportunity to score the equaliser for sevilla, but the shot went well wide of the goal. An amazing free kick flew past the home keeper 76 minutes into the match, putting Alm ahead 0 - 2. P. Gerlach was the scorer. By now, the players in Alm felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. After 86 minutes, Alm sent a free kick in high over the penalty box. In what looked like a well-rehearsed move, the ball was headed backwards and reached I. Kiprovskiy, who had plenty of space to place a well aimed shot - 0 - 3. sevilla players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. Alm came close to extending their lead as R. Džupka delivered a low effort on goal from the right after 88 minutes, but the angle was too narrow and the shot went harmlessly into the side netting. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, R. Džupka got himself booked. The manager of Alm was not happy. 89 minutes into the game, Alm were awarded a penalty and P. Gerlach was able to increase the visitors' lead to 0 - 4 rolling the ball in by the right post. Alm enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 57 percent of possession.

Most important sevilla player was W. Le Vergé. F. Viejo was a disappointment, however. Alm's best player was Z. Jůzek. On the other hand, C. Özbal's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 4.