Socceroos 4 vs. Vendetta 1

Date :
05-11-2008 12:05
MatchID:
203335705

Arena :
socceroo Arena
Crowd:
352



The crowd of 352 turning up at socceroo Arena today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. socceroos tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Sabajanes - Ribes, Gallard, Ezpeleta - Sánchez Saviñón, Boncuk, Illescas, Barro, Arce Janariz - Marcu, Pfaffenzeller.



Vendetta decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Sales - Grau, Tapia, Boccacin - Morgadinho, Larzillière, Křížek, Coenegracht, Puig Duran - Mosqueira, Ibarluce.



Rui Alexandre Morgadinho had a grin on his face as he raced down the field, almost oblivious to the rain. Many in the crowd felt the referee was being too lenient when he only showed Vendetta's Rémy Larzillière a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind in the 26:th minute. In the 33:th minute a very unfortunate collision in the penalty area led to socceroos's Francesc Xavier Sánchez Saviñón being carried off the pitch and replaced by Lúcio Canela. José Ezpeleta received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly, probably out of lack of experience, in the 36:th minute and almost let an opponent score. socceroos took the lead in the 39:th minute of the game by 1 to 0, as Daniel Illescas elegantly received a long range pass through the middle, finishing off with a half-volley shot just below the bar. Juan Ribes of socceroos was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. Benedicto Barro increased socceroos's lead to 2 - 0, putting a header away on a hooked ball from the right. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 0. The forty-five minutes were dominated by Vendetta, with an impressive 53 percent possession of the ball.



Cheers filled the stadium as Constantin Marcu broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the 3 - 0 goal for socceroos. socceroos's Constantin Marcu saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates in the 49:th minute. The away team reduced the score to 3 - 1, as Arsenio Mosqueira struck home, set up well by a play on the left in the 52:th minute. socceroos's José Ezpeleta got himself booked for a foul. Unfortunately for Vendetta, Jorge Puig Duran was injured when the game became more physical, and he had to leave the field. Mykolojus Činskis replaced him. In the 63:th minute, socceroos's Benedicto Barro received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. After 66 minutes, Tito Gallard put socceroos ahead 4 - 1 when he rose to head in a hooked ball, the result of an effort from the right side. In the 75:th minute socceroos's Constantin Marcu viciously shoved another player from behind while going for a loose ball and was sent off the pitch with a red card. This half belonged to Vendetta, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.



socceroos's top performer was clearly Artur Pfaffenzeller. However, Juan Ribes made a disastrous appearance. Vendetta's top performer was clearly Boris Křížek. On the other hand, Marc Grau's play was disheartening. The match ends 4 - 1.

Highlights
1 - 0
Daniel Illescas
(39)
2 - 0
Benedicto Barro
(42)
3 - 0
Constantin Marcu
(47)
3 - 1
Arsenio Mosqueira
(52)
4 - 1
Tito Gallard
(66)