salip 7 - 1 Morcegos (386363198)

27306 punters turned up at salip14, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Manuel Fassnacht was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Brian Steen Bech and Adolfo Prada. salip tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Ambrosio - Scavazzini, Salchenegger, Zeynur - Voczelka, Brébart, Uncini, Piasta, Caggiano - Uzquiano, Lodkin.

Morcegos started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Tomek - Relva, Cabral, Ribeiro - Monte, Consolado, Dillis, Monteiro, Morgado - Agostinho Alves, Ferreira.

salip mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. salip fans held their breath as R. Uzquiano scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 1 - 0! 13 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as V. Lodkin broke through, making the score 2 - 0 for salip. Cheers filled the stadium as A. Zeynur broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 3 - 0 to salip. The players of salip now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. P. Brébart should probably have put his team up another goal after 29 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by J. Tomek kept the visitors in the game. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. V. Lodkin squirmed through their central defence after 31 minutes, increasing the lead to 4 - 0. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, G. Scavazzini got himself booked. The manager of salip was not happy. 4 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to salip, who controlled the ball 69 percent of the time.

salip were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. salip solidified their lead at the 56 minute mark, as M. Piasta dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 5 - 0. A. Ribeiro of Morcegos was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. After 67 minutes, V. Lodkin put salip ahead 6 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. This third goal completed a hattrick for V. Lodkin. P. Brébart could have increased the lead after 68 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. After 73 minutes, H. Dillis sent the corner kick right to R. Consolado who headed it sharply past the keeper. 6 - 1! A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of salip to 7 - 1 as L. Voczelka finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. salip had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. F. Uncini had a fantastic opportunity to put salip up another goal 79 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. salip had most of the ball, with 72 percent of possession.

salip's best player was V. Lodkin. A. Zeynur turned in a dismal performance, however. H. Dillis performed admirably for Morcegos. M. Cabral on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 7 - 1.