racing 4 - 0 Boca (383243653)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 6021 at oviedo banco santander today. Robin Heiderich was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Hugo Oscar Soria and 曹 (Cao) 光醒 (Guangxing) . racing tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Angerbauer - Lepe, Sinyavskiy, Weers - Whitewell, Romano, Aquino, Fiorović, Cendrier - Villalba, Philibert.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Boca. They fielded: Ron - Botija Vela, Bernà, Sáenz Martínez, Planelles - Hipólito, Ricart, Galliners, 士崇 (Shichong) - Casáus, Lombera.

The wings were the focus of most of racing's attacks today. 4 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for racing was F. Cendrier. 6 minutes into the game Boca managed a counterattack, but J. Casáus took a soft shot from the left flank that was easy prey for the alert keeper. With 30 minutes played, racing put themselves up 2 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to A. Philibert, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. 32 minutes into the match S. Weers put racing ahead 3 - 0 with a truly marvelous free kick. At this point, it was obvious that the players of racing lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Proving his experience, A. Philibert scored 4 - 0 for racing after putting some pressure on the opposing defence at a critical moment. It was 4 - 0 at the break. racing had most of the ball, with 71 percent of possession.

In an effort to secure the lead, racing changed their tactic after 46 minutes. Against a lesser team, racing could very well have succeeded with their smart indirect free kick routine after 53 minutes. A trio of passes took the ball all the way past the defenders, but by then the intended recipient was already blocked off and the keeper could make a leisurely save. A. Philibert wanted to play on, but the racing coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 65 minutes into the game by B. Andersson. Content with how the game was proceeding, the racing coach let A. Virranniemi replace R. Whitewell after 65 minutes. It was obvious that racing had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. 曾. 士崇 (Shichong) of Boca received a yellow card after 70 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. With 71 minutes played, racing's B. Andersson almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. With 76 minutes played, V. Hipólito of Boca fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. Possession in this half belonged to racing, who controlled the ball 74 percent of the time.

Most important racing player was F. Cendrier. However, J. Fiorović made a disastrous appearance. Boca's best player was P. Bernà. T. Ron on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 4 - 0.