riverplate 4 - 0 castruccio (392531793)

A brilliantly sunny day had enticed a crowd of 1057 to Stade Monumental. Niklas Hasselsten was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Kevin Summerfield and Uwe Book. riverplate had chosen a strategic 5-4-1 formation. The following players had been chosen: Säfner - Thiriet, Busquet, Jouenne, Pagès, Élineau - Atanasov, Henry, Martins, Devoucoux - Airiau.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for castruccio. Starters: Portochese - Formichi, Kaušpėdas, Raynaud - Abed-Yaseen, Eminescu, Lukáč, Dolorde, Kiffer - Losito, Legrand.

riverplate's D. Henry placed the ball right at his teammate's feet after a corner, but J. Élineau couldn't finish. riverplate took the lead 8 minutes in, as N. Busquet broke through on the left and put the 1 - 0 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. 12 minutes in, riverplate appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only poor. After 23 minutes, the defensive line of riverplate created a counterattack through the middle that gave G. Thiriet a good look at the goal, but his shot glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. 42 minutes in, castruccio's T. Legrand received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. castruccio's C. Kaušpėdas was shown a yellow card after 43 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Halftime score was 1 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to castruccio, who controlled the ball 53 percent of the time.

The riverplate players spent the break getting a rerun of the team's tactical organisation and regained a passable organisation when the game started again. After 47 minutes, a long pass from riverplate's A. Jouenne caught the defence out of position. C. Airiau collected the ball, and with the goal at his mercy calmly rolled the ball just inside the post. 2 - 0. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, G. Thiriet got himself booked. The manager of riverplate was not happy. With 78 minutes played, riverplate put themselves up 3 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to A. Jouenne, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. 79 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as J. Élineau broke through, making the score 4 - 0 for riverplate. The players of riverplate now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. C. Airiau could have put riverplate up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 80 minutes. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by riverplate, with 57 percent of the ball.

M. Martins performed admirably for riverplate. T. Atanasov was a disappointment, however. The most dominating castruccio player was without a doubt G. Losito. On the other hand, P. Raynaud's play was disheartening. The match ends 4 - 0.