All Black$ 4 - 0 Imortal
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16-06-2012 22.00
A brilliantly sunny day had enticed a crowd of 37288 to
O Esmagador.
Thorbjørn Engberg was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Mats Månsson and
Marcel Guitierrez-Paesold.
All Black$ had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation.
The following players took the field: Gancho - Wuttler, Póvoas, Thiers - Kool, Kośmicki, Jākobsons, Carlsson, Paluszak - Leleu, Pereda.
Imortal tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination.
They fielded: Catalanotto - Hacheryan, Pando, Branco Silva - Tietgen, Guerra, Pardo, Mostert, Neto - Viščiulis, Prinz.
S. Kool gave All Black$ the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 1 - 0
It was showtime for artist
S. Kool who showed off his technical mastery when he rounded
X. Mostert and finished with a goal to make the score 2 - 0.
Imortal kept trying to force their way through on the right side and
A. Hacheryan got his chance after 18 minutes, but the home side's defence held their position and stopped the attack.
21 minutes in,
X. Mostert made an incredible run up the middle and nearly reduced the home side's lead, but
I. Gancho refused to let the ball slip by him.
All Black$'s
P. Carlsson increased the lead to 3 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 23 minutes.
Confident in their lead, All Black$'s players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it.
3 - 0 was the halftime score.
All Black$ enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 53 percent of possession.
It wasn't a good day at all for
F. Wuttler. His powerful style of play just didn't fit the bill on this warm day.
All Black$'s
P. Carlsson left the field after 80 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was
G. Cunha Santos.
The intense heat forced
G. Jākobsons into making some errors because he couldn't seem to keep up with the others.
V. Branco Silva behaved like an inexperienced youth player after 87 minutes as he gave the ball away to
S. Kool. Lucky for him though, there was no goal.
The All Black$ free kick 88 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of
P. Póvoas, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 4 - 0!
All Black$ claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 56 percent.
The most dominating All Black$ player was without a doubt
P. Leleu.
On the other hand,
I. Gancho's play was disheartening.
Most important Imortal player was
O. Guerra.
However,
V. Branco Silva made a disastrous appearance.
The match ends 4 - 0.
Rating details
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| Midfield |
26 |
22 |
 |
 |
| Right defence |
29 |
43 |
 |
 |
| Central defence |
33 |
38 |
 |
 |
| Left defence |
33 |
33 |
 |
 |
| Right attack |
32 |
27 |
 |
 |
| Central attack |
28 |
23 |
 |
 |
| Left attack |
22 |
22 |
 |
 |
| |
| Indirect set pieces |
| Defence |
21 |
24 |
 |
 |
| Attack |
20 |
19 |
 |
 |
| |
| Team attitude |
(Hidden) |
(Hidden) |
| Tactic |
Normal |
Normal |
| Tactic skill |
(no tactic) |
(no tactic) |
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|
| |
| Average midfield |
26 |
22 |
 |
 |
| Average defence |
32 |
38 |
 |
 |
| Average attack |
27 |
24 |
 |
 |
| Total average |
28 |
28 |
 |
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