Menorca 7 - 0 sincinela (383448293)

A brilliantly sunny day had enticed a crowd of 5375 to C.D. Menorca Arena. Carlos María Placente was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Timmy de Zwaan and Lauri Saarenpää. Menorca decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Lineup: Guasch - Petriborda, Arnedo, Anguiano, Arenas - Artime, Ettaghi, Puigvert, Vilumara - Lubián, Calahorra.

sincinela started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Cirueña - Antiñolo, Ramírez Lastra, Jordi, 泉平 (Quanping) - Manjón, Franco, Villagómez, Zeryouh - Añón, Munné.

With 11 minutes having been played, his teammates looked on in disbelief as J. Villagómez thoughtlessly misplayed the ball, setting up Menorca's C. Lubián for an easy goal. 1 - 0. Against a lesser team, Menorca could very well have succeeded with their smart indirect free kick routine after 25 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. Almost all the way down to the corner flag, Menorca's J. Vilumara somehow managed to get a perfect pass into the middle, impossible to miss for S. Artime, who struck for 2 - 0. After 33 minutes, J. Vilumara put Menorca ahead 3 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. After 37 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and C. Lubián gave the Menorca supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 4 - 0. By now, the players in Menorca felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. Menorca's A. Arnedo saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 40 minutes. 4 - 0 was the score after the first half. Menorca enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 71 percent of possession.

The referee showed Menorca's U. Petriborda the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Menorca's C. Lubián swung in a good chance from the left, but the visitors' defence were able to clear the ball. Cheers filled the stadium as V. Anguiano broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 5 - 0 to Menorca. sincinela's N. Ramírez Lastra left the field after 75 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was B. Indaburu. As the captain was no longer on the pitch, A. Antiñolo took over the role of being the sincinela captain. After 82 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by B. Ettaghi might have resulted in another goal for Menorca. However, R. Cirueña made a spectacular save. Menorca's U. Petriborda had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 83 minutes having been played. J. González Castejón was the replacement. 86 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as J. Vilumara broke through, making the score 6 - 0 for Menorca. Menorca put themselves up 7 - 0 when V. Anguiano broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Menorca, with 74 percent of the ball.

D. Calahorra performed admirably for Menorca. On the other hand, V. Guasch's play was disheartening. The most dominating sincinela player was without a doubt S. Munné. R. Cirueña was a disappointment, however. The match ends 7 - 0.