avelache 4 - 0 Roxbury (390246104)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 56407 at avelache Arena today. Francisco Jesús Guerra was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Marius Florescu and Vicente Barreto. avelache tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. Lineup: Papalino - Strychalski, Michaeli, Hodel - Malpede, van Dieren, Ceccotti, van Ophuizen - Chianese, Zabala, Matri.

A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Roxbury. Starters: Strandvad - Cenarruza, bin Ahmad Shariffuddin, Koriakovskis - Midtbø, da Silva, Maeso López, Toresen - Turco, Różycki, Flores.

For their match strategy, Roxbury had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. avelache's B. van Dieren was shown a yellow card after 37 minutes for slicing down an opponent. The home side put themselves ahead 1 - 0 after 38 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from U. Ceccotti, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. avelache managed to extend their lead to 2 - 0 when A. Matri cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. Halftime score was 2 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to avelache, who controlled the ball 60 percent of the time.

N. Hodel wanted to play on, but the avelache coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 70 minutes into the game by E. Todorov. avelache put in a good effort on the right, but C. Chianese saw his volley fly wide of the mark 77 minutes into the game. After 81 minutes, Roxbury's A. Koriakovskis fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! Things were deteriorating for the away team as avelache scored another to make it 3 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for A. Matri after 83 minutes. With 85 minutes played, avelache put themselves up 4 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to A. Zabala, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. At this point, it was obvious that the players of avelache lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. avelache had most of the ball, with 62 percent of possession.

The most dominating avelache player was without a doubt A. Matri. H. van Ophuizen was a disappointment, however. Most important Roxbury player was A. Flores. On the other hand, B. Strandvad's play was disheartening. The match ends 4 - 0.