revolution 0 - 3 Formula (391457028)

A scorching day at New Barça Revolution Arena, where 27889 spectators were in place for today's match. Eugen Jusson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Donny Williamson and Kalevi Närvänen. The derby had been the talk of Managua all week and fans of both teams could be seen throughout the stadium. A 5-4-1 alignment was the formation of choice for revolution. Starters: Kelloniemi - Coelho Ferreira, Vieítez, May, Papula, Sagaseta - Stockmans, Hurkmans, Carranza, Turchenkov - Balaguer.

Formula started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. The following players took the field: Rauschke - 少游 (Shaoyou), Macina, Piessens - Alfirović, Merlin, Jáuregi, Håkonsen - Gamboa, Ramírez, Urba.

revolution took a creative approach on the field. The sun seemed to put V. Sagaseta in a great mood, and he showed off his technical skills all match long. That Formula's G. Piessens has the ability of doing what no one expects him to do was shown as he ran over an opposing defender, snatched the ball and passed to R. Urba who hit it hard into the wide open goal after 13 minutes: 0 - 1! revolution's R. Coelho Ferreira got himself booked for a foul. The visitors' J. Ramírez took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 37 minutes into the match. 0 - 2 for Formula. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Formula lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. With 41 minutes played, V. Sagaseta of revolution fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. 43 minutes into the match, Formula could have gone up another goal, but 罗. 少游 (Shaoyou)'s penalty kick missed the goal by a mile. After 43 minutes a very unfortunate collision in the penalty area led to Formula's S. Merlin being carried off the pitch and replaced by N. Boinot. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 2. revolution had most of the ball, with 51 percent of possession.

T. Håkonsen didn't pace himself at all, and after a series of daring offensive runs he was too tired to help out in the defensive play. Some fine movement on the left led to a Formula goal after 54 minutes, making it 0 - 3. J. Alfirović was noted down as the scorer. revolution's A. Hurkmans was shown a yellow card after 57 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Usually a powerful player on the field, A. Papula looked kind of pale and tired under the hot sun. Formula's defence sent a ball soaring up the middle on a beautiful counterattack with 64 minutes gone, but J. Ramírez's finish was met by the reaching hands of the keeper. 73 minutes in, Formula's J. Jáuregi received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave 罗. 少游 (Shaoyou) from Formula a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 75 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! P. May was the unlucky victim and couldn't continue the game, so revolution's M. Leuro had to come off the bench. Possession in this half belonged to Formula, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

R. Stockmans performed admirably for revolution. M. Leuro turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important Formula player was J. Ramírez. However, T. Håkonsen made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 3.