alonso 9 - 0 R.C.D.Espanyol (383190559)

12464 spectators had come to alonso mola landia this cloudy day. Asafa Roger was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Peter Falkstål and Octavio Bon. alonso decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Starters: Rosa - Uchyła, Isaković, Cárdenas, Shahriari - Danieli, Wästerlius, Berning, Lamberg - López Ruiz, Albano.

R.C.D.Espanyol started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. The following players took the field: Petrache - Lora Guerrero, Roman, Gerstenfeld - Azorín, Bonorino, Panero, Rivas - Baixes, Fígols, Alemparte.

R.C.D.Espanyol decided to play creatively. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave N. Isaković from alonso a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 25 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! After some beautiful movement down the left wing, I. Albano scored for alonso putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 33 minutes. alonso solidified their lead at the 35 minute mark, as M. Wästerlius dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 2 - 0. At this point, it was obvious that the players of alonso lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. alonso's D. Uchyła had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 40 minutes having been played. J. Grzelczak was the replacement. After 42 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as R.C.D.Espanyol found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to inadequate. alonso managed to extend their lead to 3 - 0 when I. Albano cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. In the lead, alonso adjusted their style of play with 44 minutes gone. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of alonso to 4 - 0 as I. López Ruiz finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. 4 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to alonso, who controlled the ball 69 percent of the time.

During the break, R.C.D.Espanyol's coach went through the team's tactics yet again, getting them up to solid organisation. Cheers filled the stadium as M. Wästerlius broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 5 - 0 to alonso. Almost all the way down to the corner flag, alonso's N. Lamberg somehow managed to get a perfect pass into the middle, impossible to miss for I. López Ruiz, who struck for 6 - 0. Things were deteriorating for the away team as alonso scored another to make it 7 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for I. López Ruiz after 66 minutes. At that, I. López Ruiz was noted down for a hat trick! alonso increased the lead as I. López Ruiz struck to make the score 8 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. With 83 minutes played, alonso put themselves up 9 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to J. Cárdenas, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. I. López Ruiz should probably have put his team up another goal after 85 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by D. Petrache kept the visitors in the game. alonso had most of the ball, with 70 percent of possession.

I. Albano performed admirably for alonso. However, M. Danieli made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating R.C.D.Espanyol player was without a doubt J. Roman. P. Lora Guerrero was a disappointment, however. The match ends 9 - 0.