Runners 9 - 0 moebius (392814494)

Dark skies made the crowd of 697 at Rachael Stadium a little nervous, but the rain held off. Dominik Quednow was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Miguel Imanuel Palzer and Antonin Krause. Runners tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Orbakan - Beaulieu, Petrov, Sparwein - Persson, Juez, Elejalde, Roep, Modafferi - Carcellé, Guercolata.

A 4-3-3 alignment was the formation of choice for moebius. Lineup: 东祥 (Dongxiang) - Villariño, Ribera Guzmán, Candiani, Borrull - Skaumal, Bécquer, Albert - Casalón, Andikobeitia, Blanchart.

13 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for Runners was M. Modafferi. After 25 minutes, Runners sent a free kick in high over the penalty box. In what looked like a well-rehearsed move, the ball was headed backwards and reached M. Carcellé, who had plenty of space to place a well aimed shot - 2 - 0. After 27 minutes, M. Modafferi put Runners ahead 3 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. Confident in their lead, Runners's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. R. Beaulieu increased the lead for Runners to 4 - 0, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! Runners solidified their lead at the 30 minute mark, as M. Modafferi dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 5 - 0. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for M. Modafferi. Runners had to make a substitution after 32 minutes. A. Petrov limped off the field and was replaced by K. Vermiesch. 5 - 0 was the halftime score. Runners had most of the ball, with 74 percent of possession.

Runners put themselves up 6 - 0 when R. Juez broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. The score became 7 - 0 at 73 minutes into the game, when Runners were given a penalty which R. Persson blasted straight down the middle giving the keeper no chance! 74 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as M. Carcellé broke through, making the score 8 - 0 for Runners. Runners's R. Juez increased the lead to 9 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 85 minutes. Runners claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 74 percent.

Most important Runners player was K. Vermiesch. S. Orbakan on the other hand, had a terrible day. moebius's best player was P. Skaumal. A. Ribera Guzmán was a disappointment, however. The match ends 9 - 0.