labrute 4 - 0 Manga (392726312)

A scorching day at la marmitte, where 1944 spectators were in place for today's match. Mikael Hasselbom was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Lutz Wechselberger and Benoît Pietri. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for labrute. The following players took the field: Koçak - Heistek, Nalçak, Kiester - Novara, Mazier, Cadoret, Roussel, Güvem - Grekas, Aguilar.

Manga decided to use a 5-4-1 set up. They fielded: Tuninetti - Díaz, Romero, Juhé, Fernández-Savater, Estorch - Gáspár, Alvarado, Mendes, Mikhel - Huaiquiman.

J. Cadoret enjoyed the sunshine and demonstrated his stunning technique over and over again. M. Kiester was very close to giving labrute the lead with an ingenious free kick routine 22 minutes into the match, but the ball just grazed the bar. Good work by the Manga defensive line after 23 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found A. Juhé alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. labrute fans held their breath as K. Mazier scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 1 - 0! labrute managed to extend their lead to 2 - 0 when Y. Grekas cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave C. Alvarado from Manga a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 34 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! labrute increased the lead as J. Cadoret struck to make the score 3 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. Confident in their lead, labrute's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. Halftime score was 3 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by labrute, with 71 percent of the ball.

After 46 minutes, Manga switched R. Romero with V. Sáez, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. With 51 minutes played, J. Cadoret could have brought this one home for labrute as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. Y. Grekas could have put labrute up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 59 minutes. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, L. Mendes got himself booked. The manager of Manga was not happy. labrute's R. Aguilar was shown a yellow card after 73 minutes for slicing down an opponent. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of labrute to 4 - 0 as J. Cadoret finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. 75 minutes were showing on the scoreboard when Manga's C. Alvarado received his second yellow card and was sent off. A loud groan was heard from the fans of labrute, as A. Novara left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. K. Lackerschmid took his place on the field. labrute put in a good effort on the right, but P. Heistek saw his volley fly wide of the mark 77 minutes into the game. labrute claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 78 percent.

Most important labrute player was R. Aguilar. J. Cadoret turned in a dismal performance, however. A. Juhé performed admirably for Manga. A. Mikhel was a disappointment, however. The match ends 4 - 0.