showmanBoys 9 - 0 MANCHESTER (383270547)

Dark skies made the crowd of 2356 at showmanBoys Arena a little nervous, but the rain held off. Vladica Zdravkovic was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Juliusz Skorulski and Marek Wałkuski. Fans of both teams had been eagerly awaiting this Barcelona derby and were doing their best to outshout their opponents. showmanBoys decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Balust - Corbacho, García-Drake, Grima, Servitja - Fernández Domínguez, Desplá, Robira, Bohórquez - Vecino Capitán, Jiménez Yepes.

MANCHESTER started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. Starters: Lezaun - Larrea, Lozano Jiménez, 子建 (Zijian), Santorromán - Genebriera, Velasco Nieto, Ibarra, Gutiérrez - Rossich, Engómez.

G. Rossich had a good try after 2 minutes, coming in on a fine move from the left, but the ball went wide. MANCHESTER's E. Larrea was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 16 minutes. After 24 minutes, A. Vecino Capitán came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 1 - 0, giving showmanBoys the lead. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, J. Bohórquez got himself booked. The manager of showmanBoys was not happy. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in showmanBoys's F. Fernández Domínguez increasing the lead to 2 - 0. A. Robira of showmanBoys was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. Halftime score was 2 - 0. showmanBoys had most of the ball, with 77 percent of possession.

showmanBoys solidified their lead at the 58 minute mark, as B. Grima dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 3 - 0. At this point, it was obvious that the players of showmanBoys lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. showmanBoys's J. Jiménez Yepes increased the lead to 4 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 68 minutes. The home side's A. Corbacho curled a free kick home after 69 minutes, putting showmanBoys ahead 5 - 0. After 70 minutes, A. Corbacho sent the corner kick right to J. Jiménez Yepes who headed it sharply past the keeper. 6 - 0! After 76 minutes, A. Corbacho put showmanBoys ahead 7 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. showmanBoys managed to extend their lead to 8 - 0 when J. Jiménez Yepes cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. By then J. Jiménez Yepes had scored three goals - a hat trick! J. Roses Ferrer was called on to replace showmanBoys's P. Desplá after 86 minutes following a nasty collision. After 87 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and F. Fernández Domínguez gave the showmanBoys supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 9 - 0. showmanBoys had to make a substitution after 88 minutes. A. Corbacho limped off the field and was replaced by A. Pareja. showmanBoys enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 87 percent of possession.

showmanBoys's top performer was clearly J. Jiménez Yepes. J. Balust was a disappointment, however. Most important MANCHESTER player was J. Gutiérrez. On the other hand, M. Ibarra's play was disheartening. The match ends 9 - 0.