Hazledene 5 - 0 Rangers (393052235)

The crowd of 1210 turning up at Pinewood Stadium today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Gerónimo Nafarroa Lopez was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Camilo Marín and Cyprien Risse. Hazledene started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Mingary - Narey, Lonbay, Whitehead - Danelczyk, Gray, Young, Hood, Guest - Carnock, DeMaio.

Rangers had chosen a strategic 4-3-3 formation. They fielded: Herbogo - Kerr, MacKnight, Muurling, Brown - Francis, Spasojević, House - Árva, Fonte, Tollar.

Rangers displayed their ability to play creatively. The coach of Rangers wanted to try to change things around after 1 minutes, and gave new tactical instructions. 12 minutes into the game, Hazledene had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to solid. J. Young had a hard time on the waterlogged pitch - his trademark technique was nowhere in sight today. Hazledene took the lead 26 minutes into the game by 1 - 0, as F. DeMaio elegantly received a long range pass through the middle, finishing off with a half-volley shot just below the bar. Rangers's W. Muurling was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 27 minutes. 28 minutes in, Rangers appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only poor. Hazledene put in a good effort on the right, but B. Lonbay saw his volley fly wide of the mark 30 minutes into the game. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Hazledene's J. Young increasing the lead to 2 - 0. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Hazledene lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. After 38 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Hazledene found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to passable. The game was characterised by rough play and many physical challenges on the wet field, but T. Hood showed great heart and had a good game. After 44 minutes, G. Carnock put Hazledene ahead 3 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. After 44 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Hazledene found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to inadequate. 44 minutes into the game, T. Danelczyk had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came M. Tan. 3 - 0 was the score after the first half. Hazledene claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 74 percent.

A review of the gameplan helped Hazledene get back to a solid organisation when the referee blew his whistle again. The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that Rangers had passable organisation. After 68 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and T. Hood gave the Hazledene supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 4 - 0. 70 minutes into the game, Rangers seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a inadequate level of organisation. 79 minutes into the game, Rangers seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to inadequate. 83 minutes in, Hazledene's M. Whitehead received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Hazledene's M. Guest increased the lead to 5 - 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. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Hazledene, with 73 percent of the ball.

F. DeMaio performed admirably for Hazledene. However, J. Mingary made a disastrous appearance. Rangers's top performer was clearly L. Árva. R. Brown on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 5 - 0.