casti 6 - 1 TRB61 (394092415)

The crowd of 2684 turning up at la calzada today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Wilfred Hazewinkel was the appointed referee with assistance provided by José Antonio Irazola and Farid Haj-Kaleel. casti tactics involved an interesting 4-5-1 combination. Lineup: Iñurrategi - García de Barbón, Brzemiński, Navarro Malta, Lis - Burel, Iamartino, Villalba, Bohgård, Diczkó - Everts.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for TRB61. The following players had been chosen: Aktan - Zülal, Yoruç, Ağır - Işık, Algım, Nefise, Cansoy, Cihanerk - Laukšteins, Tola.

5 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for casti was J. García de Barbón. With 6 minutes played, casti put themselves up 2 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to S. Burel, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. With 7 minutes played, T. Cansoy of TRB61 fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. It was a bad day for the usually speedy A. Nefise. The mud seemed to slow him down. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of casti to 3 - 0 as J. García de Barbón finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. After 26 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and S. Burel gave the casti supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 4 - 0. By now, the players in casti felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. Things were deteriorating for the away team as casti scored another to make it 5 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for A. Everts after 31 minutes. The teams went for the halftime break at 5 - 0. casti claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 80 percent.

The coach of casti was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 46 minutes, J. Irala came on for A. Everts. The casti captaincy was handed to T. Villalba. As the match clock hit 46 minutes, casti regrouped to try and keep their initiative in the game. G. Diczkó high-fived A. Lis as they swapped positions on the team. The muddy pitch made the game a gritty affair, which seemed to suit C. Cihanerk just fine. With 76 minutes played, casti's well-worked indirect free kick caused havoc in the penalty area, and when the ball eventually fell to J. García de Barbón he gleefully slotted the ball home to make it 6 - 0. This third goal completed a hattrick for J. García de Barbón. N. Zülal of TRB61 was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. T. Villalba left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 79 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. Y. Kottke was the replacement. R. Bohgård was the new captain of casti - handed the armband by the departing player. Ç. Algım behaved like an inexperienced youth player after 80 minutes as he gave the ball away to N. Iamartino. Lucky for him though, there was no goal. With 86 minutes played, J. García de Barbón could have brought this one home for casti as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. After 87 minutes, K. Laukšteins sent the corner kick right to Y. Işık who headed it sharply past the keeper. 6 - 1! casti enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 77 percent of possession.

casti's top performer was clearly Y. Kottke. B. Iñurrategi was a disappointment, however. The most dominating TRB61 player was without a doubt M. Tola. However, Ç. Algım made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 6 - 1.