Pozuelo 0 – Athletic Club 4: At a Disadvantage

Ladies’ Coach Iñigo Juaristi presents the following starting line-up against Pozuelo: Andere, Vanessa, Itsaso, Nekane, Tzibi, Iraia, Orueta, Eli Ibarra, Erika, Nerea Pérez and Garazi.
On the bench will be: Itsaso Cárcamo, Irune, Gangoiti, Amaia Olabarrieta, Zuriñe, Eba and Lanbarri.

Playing for Pozuelo will be: Elo, Zara, Lore, Guti, Irene, Dumbi, Recarte, Claudia, Geli, Mari Luz and Marta. On the bench will be: Raquel, Laura, Ana, Silvia, Lorena, Jara and Imara.

Referee: Cuadra Fernández assisted by Aranzana and Nájar.

12:31. Match kicks-off

(8′) 0-1 GOOOAAAL by Nerea Pérez, after stealing the ball from a Pozuelo defender
(10′) Good penetration by Pozuelo which Andere saves
(12′) Great shot by Erika that barely misses wide
(18′) Arrate Orueta incredibly booked with direct red. Premeditated kick against Arrate herself which is not called, and when she complained the referee booked her with a direct red
(25′) Pozuelo player, Lore, booked with yellow
(26′) Nekane’s shot on goal is weak
(27′) Shot by Mari Luz that goes wide

13:16: End of first Half

13: 29 Second Half Begins

(46`) Substitution Athletic Club: Lanbarri comes in for Nerea Pérez
(47′) 0-2, GOOOAAAL by Erika! Shot on goal by Erika, rebounds off the keeper and Erika, quicker and wiser than the defence, once again shoots and scores the second rojiblanco goal
(50′) 0-3, GOOOAAAL by Erika! Perfect penetration down the wing by Eli Ibarra, a precise centre into the area, met by Erika who scores again
(51′) Substitution Pozuelo: Laura comes in for Zara
(65′) Good fist save by Andere from a shot by Geli
(68′) Substitution Athletic Club: Irune comes in for Nekane
(70′) Substitution Pozuelo: Imara comes in for Guti
(74′) Substitution Pozuelo: Silvia comes in for María
(78′) Substitution Athletic Club: Eba comes in for Eli Ibarra and for Pozuelo Jara comes in for Recarte
(81′) 0-4 GOOOAAAL! Good play down the flank by Lanbarri, who centres to Irune to score the fourth
(84′) Substitution Athletic Club: Gangoiti comes in for Iraia

14:17 FINAL

Later, Coach Iñigo Juaristi indicated that the key difficulty of this match could be the field dimensions: ‘A very small field, 50×96, which has almost no room for play. The match turned in our favour with Nerea’s goal, but Arrate’s strange send-off, to say the least, caused us to modify our game. We left three in the back to not lock ourselves up and it’s true that until the interval we had some difficulties, especially in some corners’.

Nevertheless, he’s also indicated that ‘after the break we have been superior. They moved up somewhat and we took advantage of the room, besides continuing to play with two players like Erika and Irune up front. The objective of winning has been accomplished and we must fight for that third seat and arrive in the best condition possible to the Superliga final in order to dispute the Copa as best we can’.