España 6 - 0 mugiwaras (393529166)

1905 spectators had come to Nueva Cantera del Futbol this cloudy day. Henrik Bø was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jarno Antonissen and Radim Šída. España tactics involved an interesting 5-2-3 combination. The following players had been chosen: Welker - Karlsen, Witters, Sacherini, Alastrué, Gotor - Frankenhauser, Garret - Lampón, Stammbach, Dodemond.

mugiwaras started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. They fielded: Brezak - Clos, Rival, Lefèvre, Cantat - Clerc, Châtelier, Compan, Barry - Daviaud, Daunis.

España were relying on their ability to counter-attack. 2 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for España was N. Sacherini. mugiwaras's S. Clerc got himself booked for a foul. The España free kick 26 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 R. Dodemond, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 2 - 0! After this, you could see that the players of España were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. With 38 minutes played, España put themselves up 3 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to E. Stammbach, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. España's P. Frankenhauser had an excellent opportunity after 38 minutes, shooting after receiving a pass from the right hand side, but he missed the goal by miles! With 41 minutes played, M. Lampón could have brought this one home for España as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. N. Sacherini of España received a yellow card after 41 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. 3 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to España, who controlled the ball 65 percent of the time.

Content with how the game was proceeding, the España coach let G. Konijnenberg replace P. Frankenhauser after 65 minutes. R. Garret should probably have put his team up another goal after 69 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by J. Brezak kept the visitors in the game. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. N. Sacherini squirmed through their central defence after 69 minutes, increasing the lead to 4 - 0. Coming from the right, M. Lampón almost managed to score another goal for España, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. Cheers filled the stadium as R. Garret broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 5 - 0 to España. España's M. Alastrué increased the lead to 6 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 79 minutes. España claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 64 percent.

R. Dodemond performed admirably for España. T. Witters on the other hand, had a terrible day. mugiwaras's best player was T. Châtelier. M. Barry turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 6 - 0.