Rayos7 7 - 0 alakana (392053860)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 12050 at Estadio Danely today. Arkadiusz Caputa was the appointed referee with assistance provided by François Filleul and Karl Ludwig Schulz. Rayos7 had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players took the field: Paz - Millan, Escobedo, Major - Chamorro, Klimek, Hermann, Juilfs, Guidry - Tobin, Moral.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for alakana. Lineup: LaRocca - Armbruster, Mullen, Schreck, Conklin - Begrowicz, Nichols, Outlaw, Ng - Imondi, Yu.

It was obvious that Rayos7 were using their pressing skill as their primary tactic. They were singing the praises of H. Juilfs 4 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 1 - 0 to Rayos7. 26 minutes in, Rayos7 appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only passable. 37 minutes into the game, Rayos7 seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to inadequate. After 38 minutes, C. Moral put Rayos7 ahead 2 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. The score became 3 - 0 at 39 minutes into the game, when Rayos7 were given a penalty which M. Hermann blasted straight down the middle giving the keeper no chance! The players of Rayos7 now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. 42 minutes into the game, Rayos7 had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to weak. With 43 minutes played, C. Moral could have brought this one home for Rayos7 as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. 3 - 0 was the score after the first half. Rayos7 claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 76 percent.

Despite his frustration resulting in the smashing of a few teacups, the coach of Rayos7 was able to get his message across, and raised Rayos7's organisation to solid. 55 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as P. Chamorro broke through, making the score 4 - 0 for Rayos7. 74 minutes into the game, Rayos7 seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a passable level of organisation. 75 minutes into the game, Rayos7 were awarded a penalty that M. Hermann turned into 5 - 0 without a problem. The home side's M. Escobedo came close to extending the lead 77 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but N. LaRocca managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. Rayos7's M. Hermann struck his penalty well enough to beat the goalkeeper and extend the home team's lead to 6 - 0 after 78 minutes. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for M. Hermann. Rayos7 managed to extend their lead to 7 - 0 when D. Major cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. Rayos7 had most of the ball, with 81 percent of possession.

Rayos7's best player was P. Chamorro. D. Millan on the other hand, had a terrible day. alakana's top performer was clearly N. Yu. However, D. Conklin made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 7 - 0.