The report
Key Events:
- 9' Rotton City Rodrigo Aguilar scores, assisted by Phillip Lewis
- 20' Rotton City Giuseppe Colombo scores, assisted by Carlos Espinosa
- 21' Yellow card to Rotton City Michael Brown
- 30' Rotton City Laurent Vasseur scores
- 34' Rotton City Phillip Lewis scores, assisted by Laurent Vasseur
- 48' Rotton City Laurent Vasseur scores
- 54' Rotton City Rodrigo Aguilar scores, assisted by Giuseppe Colombo
- 66' Rotton City Allan Carroll scores, assisted by Carlos Espinosa
- 68' Yellow card to Reginsea Athletic Bruno Rossi
- 70' Rotton City Rodrigo Aguilar scores, assisted by Giuseppe Colombo
- 89' Rotton City Zdravko Ivanišević scores, assisted by Allan Carroll
Expected Goals (xG) Analysis: Rotton City scored nine from 4.26 xG, an overperformance of 4.74 goals; Reginsea Athletic scored none from 0.36 xG, finishing 0.36 below its estimate. The gap between the teams’ chance quality was already substantial, but the scoreline widened it dramatically: Rotton City put 16 of 18 shots on target, while Reginsea Athletic managed two shots, one on target. That is a clinical return by any ordinary measure, and perhaps by a few less ordinary ones. Possession was nearly even at 49–51, so this was not a matter of one side simply keeping the ball away from the other. Rather, Rotton City made its attacks count with extraordinary frequency, while Reginsea Athletic had too little threat to make its six corners tell.
No standout performers rated 7.0 or higher were recorded for Reginsea Athletic.
The 0 - 9 scoreline gives Rotton City the sort of afternoon that can make a league table feel suddenly more welcoming. The hosts kept possession close and won twice as many corners, but those measures could not compensate for a severe imbalance in shots and shots on target. For Reginsea Athletic, the challenge is to turn some of that territorial activity into genuine chances; for Rotton City, the finishing was so far beyond the xG estimate that even a more modest conversion day would still have produced a commanding win.
The ratings desk
Standout performances
Rodrigo Aguilar*
Scored a hat-trick and supplied the finishing edge to Rotton City’s attack.
Laurent Vasseur*
Scored twice and assisted Phillip Lewis.
Giuseppe Colombo*
Scored once and assisted twice, linking the attack with efficient purpose.
Phillip Lewis*
Scored once and assisted the opener.
Allan Carroll*
Added a goal and an assist to Rotton City’s emphatic return.
Match Centre
Shot Breakdown
Phillip Lewis to Rodrigo Aguilar. The event log names a helper; it does not name a body part.
Gazzetta reconstruction from match events — not pitch tracking.
Key Moments
Team Comparison