marley 1 – 7 socceroos

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10-01-2009 14:10
The 8421 fans in attendance at JoinT arena were roasting in the hot sun.

marley tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. They fielded: Vial - Pintado, Eguía, Gormaz, Arandia - Alcaraz Casademunt, Salinas Mila, Molins, Recasens - Abolafio, Eume

socceroos decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Alcazaba - Pompei, Corneanu, Trãistaru - Johansson, Illescas, Caranza, Olofsson, Jespersson - Marcu, González.

Daniel Illescas's lack of experience almost gave marley a goal in the 11:th minute, but the shot went right into the keeper's arms. marley's Jaime Salinas Mila was shown a yellow card after 23 minutes for slicing down an opponent. The 28:th minute saw the home team take a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. Scorer for marley was Enrique Arandia. There was concern in the stands when, at the 32 minute mark, marley's Raimundo Recasens hit the ground hard, but he refused the attention of the trainer and rejoined his teammates on the pitch. The visitors' equaliser seemed sure to come in the 34:th minute, following a one on one situation around the left hand side of the goal area, but Juan Manuel Vial got the best of it, blocking the shot from Daniel Illescas. marley's Fernando Eguía got himself booked for a foul. In the 37:th minute, the visitors evened the score after Mats Jespersson made it through the middle and struck home the 1 - 1 goal. In the 38:th minute, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending. Constantin Marcu put the ball away for 1 - 2.
1 - 2 was the score after the first half. The forty-five minutes were dominated by socceroos, with an impressive 61 percent possession of the ball.

The visitors' Mats Jespersson took advantage of an error due to a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and central backs in the 57:th minute. 1 - 3 for socceroos. Jaime Salinas Mila knew he was in trouble after pulling back an opponent. Despite his pleading with the referee, the marley player was shown a second yellow card and dismissed from the game. After 67 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for Mats Johansson who increased socceroos's lead to 1 - 4. 84 minutes into the game, socceroos were awarded a penalty and Agripino Caranza was able to increase the visitors' lead to 1 - 5 rolling the ball in by the right post. By now, socceroos were drawing the troops back in order to defend their lead. A thrilling play through the middle in the 86:th minute gave socceroos's Humberto Oreste Pompei a chance to increase the lead, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 1 - 6. The away team's Mats Jespersson took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right in the 87:th minute increasing socceroos's lead to 1 - 7. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for Mats Jespersson.
This half belonged to socceroos, who controlled the ball 76 percent of the time.
Alejandro Alcaraz Casademunt performed admirably for marley. On the other hand, Manuel Gormaz's play was disheartening.
Jonas Olofsson performed admirably for socceroos. On the other hand, Humberto Oreste Pompei's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 7.


Highlights
1 - 0
Enrique Arandia
28'
1 - 1
Mats Jespersson
37'
1 - 2
Constantin Marcu
38'
1 - 3
Mats Jespersson
57'
1 - 4
Mats Johansson
67'
1 - 5
Agripino Caranza
84'
1 - 6
Humberto Oreste Pompei
86'
1 - 7
Mats Jespersson
87'