Faroleran talent the key to destroying Romsten
No fewer than one and a half goals (one goal and one assist) were assisted by Faroleran players in Farfadillis win against Romsten
Almost crumbling under the pressure of a potential group stage AOCAF Cup exit at home, Lele Manguele did what had to be done and fielded one more Faroleran for the game against Romsten. Yonatoño de la Garza was given the go-ahead while the Rulandese Tôsgo Alxíkí sat things out. Defigueroa, Chayra and de la Garza—the three Farolerans taking the pitch—were crucial, helping round out a win after a rather unnecessary Edmün Çídh hat-trick.
It is fair to say the elder Çídh's hat-trick was mostly a result of Faroleran excellence. The striker scored the first was off a corner kick, which was headed towards the back post by Chayra; an unmarked Edmün Çídh then needed only head it in. As for the second goal, yes, the Valanora-based striker made short work of the Romsteni defense by dribbling past three players in an instant, before somewhat expertly firing past the Romsteni goalkeeper, but none of that would've been possible if Chayra hadn't made a vital interception thirty seconds earlier to get the ball back in la Vherderoja's possession.
The third goal was mostly down to the brilliance of de la Garza. As the Romsteni tried to plug their leaks but still not punt the ball up the pitch, it was the Faroleran young star who covered a lot of ground and relentlessly pressed the Romsteni players into making a mistake. Their centerback then passed to Röémün Çídh, who uncharacteristically sent Edmün Çídh through on goal. The Rulandese was then tripped up because he kind of did well dribbling past the keeper. He was then unfairly handed the penalty kick because he was on a hat-trick, and buried it.
This all happened within the first twenty minutes of the match. Perhaps not fully satisfied with the Rulandese striker's performance, Lele Manguele subbed him off during half time, although at a later press conference he'd say he was "obviously resting him since he's a key piece of this team and we were never going to lose that game from 3-0 up," surely succumbing to the grasp Ruland has on sports media. Nobody can ever criticize a Rulandese player!
With Edmün and three other Rulandese players off the pitch, it was finally time for la Vherderoja to shine, and shine they did: they scored two more goals, and accrued a total of no fewer than five shots on goal against the formidable Romsten. A very good cross from Kolejes Marajis found de la Garza's head in the sixty-eighth minute. The header was fantastically well-placed, but the Romsteni goalkeeper nonetheless expertly predicted de la Garza's intentions to trick him by aiming straight for his hands. Nonetheless, de la Garza's header was far too powerful for the goalkeeper to hold onto the ball, and de la Garza managed to score on the rebound.
Finally, in the eighty-eighth minute, showing that it's not just Farolerans who are being unfairly deemed to be worse than their Rulandese counterparts, the Szoirsian Eötrenois Rigozsoldos scored with a curling effort from the edge of the box. Farfadillis were never in danger at any point in the match, and easily could've won by a larger margin, especially with fewer Rulandese players on the pitch.
The man of the match award unfairly went to Edmün Çídh even though he only played half the match. This journalist believes it should've instead gone to Yonatoño de la Garza for the wonderful display of talent he put on or, if not him, Rogerio Defigueroa, for keeping a clean sheet. If not him, then Chayra was part of the defense that allowed zero shots on goal!
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