Santington 9 - 0 Walifnage Rovers

Key Events:

• 5' Yellow card to Santington Diogenes Morales
• 9' Santington Peter Howard scores
• 12' Santington Peter Klausen scores, assisted by Daryl Brown
• 14' Santington Francisco Duarte scores, assisted by Peter Howard
• 16' Yellow card to Walifnage Rovers Philippe Robert
• 26' Santington Francisco Duarte scores, assisted by Peter Klausen
• 32' Yellow card to Santington Daryl Brown
• 42' Santington Peter Klausen scores, assisted by Peter Jackson
• 49' Santington Paul Hamilton scores, assisted by Peter Jackson
• 61' Santington Peter Klausen scores, assisted by Charles Andrews
• 72' Yellow card to Walifnage Rovers Pedro Chagas
• 78' Yellow card to Walifnage Rovers Jorge Alvez
• 81' Santington Francisco Duarte scores, assisted by Luka Mikulić
• 85' Santington Francisco Duarte scores, assisted by Alexander Rodriguez

The numbers leave a useful distinction between territory and danger. Walifnage Rovers earned nine corners, had more dribbles and completed passes at a slightly higher rate, but none of those measures produced a shot. Santington, meanwhile, needed only three corners and 51% possession to build a nine-goal margin. The visitors’ three yellow cards arrived as the score grew, while Santington also collected two; neither side had a red card.

This was not a close contest concealed by a lopsided score. Santington led 3-0 by the 14th minute, scored again before half-time, and added four more after the break to finish 9-0. The home side’s attack supplied the spectacle, but its sharpness was only half the story: Walifnage Rovers were held to zero shots across the match. The final score is emphatic; the shot count suggests it was, if anything, an unusually restrained way to describe the afternoon.