valences 0 - 7 alejandro (383432608)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 2158 at valences Arena today. Pietro Luca Galasso was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jürgen Epple and Tomek Grzejczyk. Fans of both teams had been eagerly awaiting this Barcelona derby and were doing their best to outshout their opponents. valences tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Lineup: Rais - Madir, Lafulla, Valmaseda, Fuensalida - Gómez de Villamayor, Sirvent, Mazo Monzón, Vásquez - Garagorri, Orozco León.

alejandro started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Dziemba - Fuendetodos, Pontes, Robles, Almunia - Butinyà, Espar, Cermeño, Nolde - Itzea, Amoriello.

Almost all the way down to the corner flag, alejandro's G. Butinyà somehow managed to get a perfect pass into the middle, impossible to miss for J. Itzea, who struck for 0 - 1. Some fine movement on the left led to a alejandro goal after 19 minutes, making it 0 - 2. J. Itzea was noted down as the scorer. After 22 minutes, alejandro's G. Amoriello fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! M. Vásquez tried to get a goal back for valences but despite all his hard work down the right, he just couldn't complete the move. valences's P. Lafulla got himself booked for a foul. With 34 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed J. Almunia of alejandro to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 3. The players of alejandro now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave G. Butinyà from alejandro a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 36 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! alejandro's G. Butinyà skillfully knocked a pass over the top after 39 minutes, and that was received by J. Itzea who just managed to slot it past the opposing goalkeeper for 0 - 4. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for J. Itzea. With 41 minutes played, J. Fuensalida of valences fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 4. Possession in this half belonged to alejandro, who controlled the ball 59 percent of the time.

After 77 minutes, alejandro's A. Fuendetodos burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 5. A. Fuendetodos of alejandro was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. I. Pontes of alejandro took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 80 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 6. alejandro had to make a substitution after 84 minutes. I. Pontes limped off the field and was replaced by F. Pacheco. alejandro's J. Itzea made it through the home team's defence on the right hand side 85 minutes into the match. After rounding the keeper, he only had to place the ball in the unguarded goal when a defender slid in and cleared the ball off the line. Good work by the valences defensive line after 86 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found V. Gómez de Villamayor alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. F. Pacheco received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 87 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 7. The alejandro fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. alejandro enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 63 percent of possession.

Most important valences player was C. Orozco León. On the other hand, P. Lafulla's play was disheartening. alejandro's best player was J. Itzea. F. Pacheco was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 7.