huguito 0 vs. socceroos 9

Date :
08-11-2008 14:10
MatchID:
193501468

Arena :
stamford huguito
Crowd:
3547

3547 fans braved the pouring rain at stamford huguito.
huguito had chosen a strategic 2-4-3 formation. The following players took the field: Valenzuela Trillo - Tienforti, Scheppink - Hoel, Eisenmann, Folha, Bosch - Rozet, Soldevilla, Simonsson.
socceroos had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Alcazaba - Ezpeleta, Trãistaru, Irlius - Zavala, Caranza, Oud, Suokko, Jespersson - Skansen, González.

The visiting Mats Jespersson was booed thoroughly by the home crowd in the 6:th minute, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 0 - 1 was the score. socceroos's Alejandro Zavala was shown a yellow card after 11 minutes for slicing down an opponent. In the 16:th minute, huguito seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a weak level of organization. In the 18:th minute, socceroos's Aapo Suokko burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 2. The referee signalled a penalty in the 20:th minute following an offence just inside of the box. Agripino Caranza knocked home the 0 - 3 goal just outside the reach of the goalkeeper. By now, socceroos were drawing the troops back in order to defend their lead. In the 25:th minute, huguito seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to wretched. An indecisive 'keeper looked on as a free kick by socceroos's Agripino Caranza put the visitors up 0 - 4 after 27 minutes. huguito's Wienus Scheppink got himself booked for a foul. Agripino Caranza increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley shot away on a pass from the right. 0 - 5. This third goal made a hat trick for Agripino Caranza. It was 0 - 5 at the break. This half belonged to socceroos, who controlled the ball 71 percent of the time.

During the break, huguito's coach went through the team's tactics yet again, getting them up to passable organization. In the game's 55:th minute, Marco Skansen nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. In the 62:th minute, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed Fredrik Irlius to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 6. socceroos's José Ezpeleta was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick in the 64:th minute. After 65 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for Mats Jespersson who increased socceroos's lead to 0 - 7. In the 76:th minute, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as huguito found themselves out of position and their organization level dropped to poor. A drive on the left side allowed socceroos's Noah Oud to get in close and score a goal in the 82:th minute, leading to 0 - 8. Albert Marín Valle was called on to replace socceroos's Radu Trãistaru in the 83:th minute after a nasty collision. The home crowd was not impressed when Aapo Suokko came in from the right, shooting hard to score in the 85:th minute. socceroos were now up 0 - 9. The forty-five minutes were dominated by socceroos, with an impressive 73 percent possession of the ball.

huguito's top performer was clearly Martin G. Simonsson. However, Júlio César Folha made a disastrous appearance. socceroos's best player was Marco Skansen. Albert Marín Valle on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 9.



Highlights
0 - 1
Mats Jespersson
(6)
0 - 2
Aapo Suokko
(18)
0 - 3
Agripino Caranza
(20)
0 - 4
Agripino Caranza
(27)
0 - 5
Agripino Caranza
(41)
0 - 6
Fredrik Irlius
(62)
0 - 7
Mats Jespersson
(65)
0 - 8
Noah Oud
(82)
0 - 9
Aapo Suokko
(85)