hortiguelas 7 - 2 Bassins (393932531)

2735 spectators arrived at hortiguelas pub Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Erik Pfannschmidt was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Miguel Valles Pla and Lorenzo Schlender. A 5-4-1 alignment was the formation of choice for hortiguelas. Starters: Alcázar Yunta - Iranto, Martínez Mateo, Ripollès, Tzvetkov, Vives - Gorocín, Brocks, Sunesson, Fondevilla - Ben Yaghlene.

Bassins tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. The following players took the field: César - Fansler, Brzęk, Chassagne - Treber, Hafner, Lastratutti, Zeidler - Boitard, von Koss, Audonnet.

After 9 minutes, M. Iranto came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 1 - 0, giving hortiguelas the lead. 23 minutes into the game, Bassins had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to weak. 28 minutes into the match, H. Lastratutti bent a free kick around the home team's defensive formation, leaving the keeper with no chance for a save. Bassins had levelled the scoreline at 1 - 1. A corner kick created great disorder in the penalty area with a goal nearly scored by A. Boitard. At last, Bassins's J. Audonnet was able to backheel the ball in. 1 - 2. D. Ben Yaghlene showed the skills that make him a real crowd pleaser as he, after 37 minutes, wove through the guests' entire central defence and put the 2 - 2 equaliser away. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 2. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by hortiguelas, with 65 percent of the ball.

Despite his frustration resulting in the smashing of a few teacups, the coach of Bassins was able to get his message across, and raised Bassins's organisation to passable. 46 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a hortiguelas substitution. J. Pinos came on for K. Sunesson. The hortiguelas captaincy was handed to D. Ben Yaghlene. With 47 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 3 - 2 lead as P. Vives flipped the ball in after a cross from the right. The referee showed hortiguelas's P. Ripollès the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. 55 minutes into the match, J. Pinos could have extended the lead, but his powerful free kick went just over the bar. H. Hafner acted foolishly after 56 minutes, giving the ball up to hortiguelas's D. Ben Yaghlene who had no trouble finding the back of the net. 4 - 2. In a rapid move 59 minutes into the match, S. Gorocín of hortiguelas lost his man and passed the ball to the unmarked D. Ben Yaghlene who easily hit it home to make it 5 - 2. Luckily the ref didn't see him taunting the opposing fans in celebration - naughty boy! That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for D. Ben Yaghlene. H. Tzvetkov left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 61 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. E. Esponellà was the replacement. At this point, it was obvious that the players of hortiguelas lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Content with how the game was proceeding, the hortiguelas coach let J. Mascaro replace R. Fondevilla after 70 minutes. Bassins nearly produced a goal as H. Hafner set up F. Treber for a strike from a seemingly impossible angle. However he put the shot narrowly wide. With 79 minutes played, hortiguelas put themselves up 6 - 2 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to D. Ben Yaghlene, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. Given a free kick close to the byline, hortiguelas tried a move that loyal fans may recognise from training. A pass to the side pulled the defence out of position which let E. Esponellà slip through on goal. He didn't have to break his stride, and slipped the ball past the keeper to make it 7 - 2, 82 minutes into the game. hortiguelas enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 56 percent of possession.

D. Ben Yaghlene performed admirably for hortiguelas. J. Pinos on the other hand, had a terrible day. Bassins's best player was H. Lastratutti. E. César was a disappointment, however. The match ends 7 - 2.