MaRia_GreeN 0 - 5 NIAL (392648134)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and CanNaBis BernaBeu saw a crowd turnout of 25041. Luis Elia was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Urbaninho Fornasier and Bruno de Mérode. MaRia_GreeN started off with a 4-3-3 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Tumini - Giry, Anderson, Taravillo, Chitsvatsva - Becq, Reyes, Rosenwald - Moscatello, Palafox Luna, Ferragut.

NIAL tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. Lineup: Silva Carvajal - Araszkiewicz, Gerritse - Ionitã, Atenas, Guraya, Hełmecki, Yepes - Krook, Inglada, Aceija.

MaRia_GreeN mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. After 3 minutes, NIAL's S. Ionitã made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 0 - 1. 13 minutes in, MaRia_GreeN appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only passable. C. Hełmecki sailed high above the opponents as he headed in a corner kick from M. Krook after 19 minutes of play, making the score 0 - 2. X. Aceija left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 20 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. Y. Keilheim was the replacement. In a rapid move 21 minutes into the match, M. Krook of NIAL lost his man and passed the ball to the unmarked S. Inglada who easily hit it home to make it 0 - 3. Luckily the ref didn't see him taunting the opposing fans in celebration - naughty boy! P. Atenas wanted to play on, but the NIAL coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 22 minutes into the game by G. Loayza. After 27 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as NIAL found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to passable. NIAL's S. Ionitã was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the opposition's box - S. Inglada managed to volley one of them into the net to make it 0 - 4 after 29 minutes. At this point, it was obvious that the players of NIAL lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. MaRia_GreeN players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. The home side worked their way through the middle and almost got one back when I. Ferragut tried to sneak the ball past the keeper. G. Silva Carvajal was too alert for that! The NIAL free kick 36 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of P. Gerritse, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 0 - 5! MaRia_GreeN's M. Becq was shown a yellow card after 38 minutes for slicing down an opponent. 39 minutes into the game, MaRia_GreeN seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to poor. 0 - 5 was the halftime score. NIAL claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 60 percent.

The MaRia_GreeN players spent the break getting a rerun of the team's tactical organisation and regained a passable organisation when the game started again. The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that NIAL had solid organisation. The coach of NIAL was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 46 minutes, D. Vilk came on for S. Ionitã. S. Inglada could have put his team up another goal 54 minutes into the game, after a rush down the left, but his closing shot hit the post. 57 minutes into the game, MaRia_GreeN seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a poor level of organisation. 63 minutes into the match, S. Inglada came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. C. Hełmecki came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle. He tried to lift the ball over A. Tumini but overcooked it and hit the bar instead. Possession in this half belonged to NIAL, who controlled the ball 58 percent of the time.

I. Ferragut performed admirably for MaRia_GreeN. However, T. Anderson made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating NIAL player was without a doubt S. Inglada. E. Araszkiewicz was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 5.