MeKaniKa 5 - 0 impasse (386278289)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 16243 at SPORTING 1906 today. Bruno ''Gullan'' Andersson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Marçal Olivé and Curt Klöden. MeKaniKa tactics involved an interesting 4-5-1 combination. Lineup: Orendi - Karo, Koester, das Almas, Reale - Marín Sánchez, Hauffe, Kalverss, Runcis, Gheorghe - Minati.

impasse decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players took the field: Valtr - Liška, Petit, Bucher - Janko, Sotil, Martin, Rytinki, Manou - Andrade, Valor.

The home side put themselves ahead 1 - 0 after 2 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from S. Hauffe, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. impasse's S. Valor got himself booked for a foul. In a fantastic display of determination, MeKaniKa's C. Gheorghe forced himself to his feet, after an opponent viciously knocked him down. With 30 minutes played, the visitors could have drawn level after N. Manou came through the middle, but his kick went wide. The score became 2 - 0 at 30 minutes into the game, when MeKaniKa were given a penalty which E. Kalverss blasted straight down the middle giving the keeper no chance! The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave U. Runcis from MeKaniKa a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 35 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! The visitors got a chance to pulling one back after 36 minutes, due to a defensive blunder leaving U. Andrade completely unmarked. His strike was pathetic though, easy prey for the home side's keeper. 2 - 0 was the score after the first half. MeKaniKa had most of the ball, with 51 percent of possession.

57 minutes in, impasse's G. Petit received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. C. Gheorghe could have put MeKaniKa up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 58 minutes. H. Sotil of impasse was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. MeKaniKa's S. Hauffe 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 61 minutes. MeKaniKa increased the lead as G. Minati struck to make the score 4 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. The players of MeKaniKa now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. MeKaniKa put themselves up 5 - 0 when C. Gheorghe broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. MeKaniKa claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 52 percent.

Most important MeKaniKa player was G. Minati. On the other hand, V. Karo's play was disheartening. impasse's top performer was clearly F. Martin. I. Bucher turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 5 - 0.