rodeos 2 - 0 Mordor (392618163)

Clouds darkened the skies at rodeos cauldron as 29795 spectators turned up for the match. Titus Pascu was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Friedrich Kirchmair and Pier Federico Campitelli. Fans of both teams had been eagerly awaiting this New South Wales derby and were doing their best to outshout their opponents. rodeos tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Starters: Peck - Arregui, Zanias, Driesse, Todd - Beires, Neeson, Hunter, Beasley - Szumilas, van Boxtel.

A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Mordor. The following players had been chosen: Radich - Limanowski, Brakenhoff, Maniscalco, Muzard - Costa, Engler, Noë, Salinas Rojas, Samra - Kwitek.

Mordor's J. Engler could have put the guests one up after 5 minutes after chasing a through ball from the right, but M. Peck was as fast as a snake, grabbing the ball from under his nose. rodeos's C. Arregui got himself booked for a foul. M. Limanowski was the unlucky victim and couldn't continue the game, so Mordor's G. Polaczek had to come off the bench. Making his way up the middle 13 minutes into the match, Z. Szumilas almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert T. Radich blocked it to keep the score level. After 15 minutes Mordor's T. Kwitek limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. A free kick aimed at the keeper's far post almost gave Mordor the lead 24 minutes in, but the ball just wasn't able to squirm its way through the defensive wall. F. Samra had a good try after 29 minutes, coming in on a fine move from the left, but the ball went wide. After 31 minutes, rodeos raised their score by one when V. Beires's dangerous low cross was cleverly tucked in at the near post by Z. Szumilas. 1 - 0. Z. Szumilas could have increased the lead after 32 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 0. Mordor had most of the ball, with 64 percent of possession.

58 minutes into the game, Mordor seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a inadequate level of organisation. 62 minutes into the game rodeos managed a counterattack, but F. Hunter took a soft shot from the left flank that was easy prey for the alert keeper. 74 minutes in, Mordor appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only poor. rodeos's T. van Boxtel increased the lead to 2 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 89 minutes. After 89 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by Z. Szumilas might have resulted in another goal for rodeos. However, T. Radich made a spectacular save. Mordor enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 58 percent of possession.

rodeos's best player was Z. Szumilas. On the other hand, L. Todd's play was disheartening. Mordor's top performer was clearly B. Noë. F. Muzard was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 0.