chicaloma 0 - 6 criscross (386869431)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 16355 at Maracana de chicaloma today. Mbeng Limbeng was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Hugo Gstrein and Vítor Brás. chicaloma tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: 晓法 (Xiaofa) - Jippensha, Croses, Puig, Latorre - Muniagurria, Gomez, Díaz, Baigorria - González, Aldunate.

criscross started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. Lineup: Barrientos - Patiño, Barahona, Lyngstad, Marzana - Gebhard, Vaca Díez, Robledo, Fronk - González, Panov.

criscross tried to focus their attacks down the middle. chicaloma could have put themselves ahead after 18 minutes but J. Díaz missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. After 21 minutes, criscross put themselves up 0 - 1, as P. Vaca Díez finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. With 32 minutes played, G. Jippensha of chicaloma fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. The crowd gasped as P. Vaca Díez of criscross was flattened by an opponent after 33 minutes and had to be carried off. R. Galán came in off the bench. Central attacks were the recipe of the day for criscross, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. M. Gebhard received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 39 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 2. The criscross fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. It was 0 - 2 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to criscross, who controlled the ball 56 percent of the time.

After 53 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave E. Lyngstad a chance to increase the lead for criscross, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 3. A penalty was awarded after 65 minutes, and E. Barahona made the most of his chance to put criscross up by another goal. 0 - 4 for the visitors. After this, you could see that the players of criscross were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. After 67 minutes, criscross's R. Galán burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 5. A drive down the left side allowed G. Panov to get in close and score another goal for criscross after 75 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 6. criscross enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 64 percent of possession.

J. Latorre performed admirably for chicaloma. 封. 晓法 (Xiaofa) on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important criscross player was G. Panov. On the other hand, Y. Barrientos's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 6.