amajana 5 - 0 mencey (393793161)

1315 punters turned up at lamarana stadium, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Szymon Mulak was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Marc-Marie de Vocht and Heinrich Prenzlau. amajana started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. Lineup: Tarkowski - Badenes, van Dierendonck, Schiller - Lussu, Bul, Rytter, Pindaré - Meehan, Suardi, Forconi.

mencey had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Paizal - Ombreiro, Ramírez, Masfarné, Kimbrys - Bullich, Marino, Moscoso, Astaíza - Di Ruscio, Estrach.

amajana seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. amajana had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. They were singing the praises of A. Forconi 12 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 1 - 0 to amajana. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in amajana's D. Bul increasing the lead to 2 - 0. Confident in their lead, amajana's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. amajana solidified their lead at the 23 minute mark, as C. Pindaré dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 3 - 0. The referee showed mencey's M. Astaíza the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. The player down was S. Suardi. The amajana bench looked worried for a while, but in the end he managed to get up. P. Rytter's curling free kick almost found the goal for amajana, but the visitors' keeper somehow managed to get ahold of it. It was obvious that team amajana had instructions to attack in the middle instead of on the wings. S. Suardi had a fantastic opportunity to put amajana up another goal 33 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. 3 - 0 was the halftime score. amajana claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 74 percent.

amajana's A. Forconi had an excellent opportunity after 63 minutes, shooting after receiving a pass from the right hand side, but he missed the goal by miles! 68 minutes into the game, mencey had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to passable. Having been awarded a free kick in an awkward position after 74 minutes, amajana did not go for a shot but instead fired the ball hard into the 6 yard box. After a brief tussle with his marker, A. Forconi was able to power the ball past the keeper to make the score 4 - 0. After 81 minutes mencey's P. Di Ruscio limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. Coming from the right, V. Lussu almost managed to score another goal for amajana, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. amajana's C. Pindaré was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the opposition's box - S. Suardi managed to volley one of them into the net to make it 5 - 0 after 84 minutes. After 85 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by C. Pindaré might have resulted in another goal for amajana. However, D. Paizal made a spectacular save. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, L. Kimbrys got himself booked. The manager of mencey was not happy. 87 minutes in, mencey appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only poor. amajana had most of the ball, with 74 percent of possession.

O. Meehan performed admirably for amajana. On the other hand, J. van Dierendonck's play was disheartening. mencey's top performer was clearly C. Ramírez. M. Astaíza on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 5 - 0.