ritaline 5 - 1 Dragon (386307013)

32287 spectators had come to capital das vitorias this cloudy day. Chad Gordon was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jérôme Loir and Alf Falkstål. ritaline decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. They fielded: Scaramozzino - Neplech, Huijbers, Vallantyne - Miez, Trillo, Schejbal, Bulder - Hudák, Werpachowski, Shrubb.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Dragon. Starters: Bosgoed - Costal, Lasan, Freira - Baço, Lara San Juan, Neves Matos, Ekman, Mota Rodrigues - Sehnert, Placidi.

ritaline saw most attack opportunities on the wings. Dragon demonstrated their creative tactics on the field. After 2 minutes, Dragon raised their score by one when R. Mota Rodrigues's dangerous low cross was cleverly tucked in at the near post by W. Sehnert. 0 - 1. 6 minutes in, and ritaline were able to score the equalising goal to make it 1 - 1 when C. Vallantyne picked up a pass coming in from the right and chipped it past the away team's keeper. The guests almost went up by a goal after 22 minutes when T. Neves Matos came through and shot from the right. The ball bounced harmlessly off the post, though. Dragon had to make a substitution after 38 minutes. B. Freira limped off the field and was replaced by N. da Cruz. 1 - 1 was the score after the first half. ritaline had most of the ball, with 56 percent of possession.

ritaline's D. Shrubb tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. N. da Cruz of Dragon was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. With 65 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 2 - 1 lead as D. Werpachowski flipped the ball in after a cross from the right. The ritaline free kick 67 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 D. Shrubb, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 3 - 1! A scuffle developed as players from both sides clashed following a tussle in the centre of the field 81 minutes into the match. After regaining order and consulting his linesman, the referee called Dragon's R. Costal to one side and produced a red card for the player. A loud groan was heard from the fans of ritaline, as J. Trillo left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. M. Passing took his place on the field. A well-executed free kick by W. Bulder after 83 minutes made it 4 - 1 for ritaline. ritaline's C. Hudák increased the lead to 5 - 1, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 85 minutes. After this, you could see that the players of ritaline were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by ritaline, with 51 percent of the ball.

Most important ritaline player was D. Shrubb. However, M. Passing made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating Dragon player was without a doubt W. Sehnert. T. Neves Matos was a disappointment, however. The match ends 5 - 1.