machacadores 7 - 0 1998 (383259759)

1656 spectators had found their way to machacadores del fut Arena, despite the heavy rain. Ove Fjelblom was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Manuel Baquerín and Julius Båsk. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for machacadores. They fielded: Vaquero - Beltran, Campos, Aliqués, Ayelo - Sanges, Marchena, Jeantes, Navarro - Gariza, Altzuza.

1998 started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Alcántara - Bravo, Hassani, Monroy, Moya Delgado - Mihaylov, Urquiola, Turch, Takki - Cubells, Brañas.

After some beautiful movement down the left wing, M. Gariza scored for machacadores putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 3 minutes. machacadores solidified their lead at the 19 minute mark, as F. Navarro dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 2 - 0. 20 minutes in, R. Cubells made an incredible run up the middle and nearly reduced the home side's lead, but M. Vaquero refused to let the ball slip by him. The rain made it hard for players like E. Ayelo to show their technical control of the ball on this soggy day. J. Monroy of 1998 was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. machacadores put themselves up 3 - 0 when M. Gariza broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. The players of machacadores now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. machacadores managed to extend their lead to 4 - 0 when E. Ayelo cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. 4 - 0 was the score after the first half. machacadores had most of the ball, with 61 percent of possession.

A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in machacadores's F. Navarro increasing the lead to 5 - 0. J. Sanges unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. After 67 minutes, a deliberate handball from 1998's J. Monroy was judged to be his second bookable offence, and he was sent off. A. Brañas slipped and slithered in the wet grass. His usual rapid runs were nowhere to be seen today. 78 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as M. Gariza broke through, making the score 6 - 0 for machacadores. By then M. Gariza had scored three goals - a hat trick! With 83 minutes played, machacadores's E. Jeantes almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of machacadores to 7 - 0 as J. Altzuza finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. machacadores claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 69 percent.

machacadores's best player was M. Marchena. However, M. Vaquero made a disastrous appearance. Most important 1998 player was I. Mihaylov. B. Hassani on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 7 - 0.