This past Friday the SIA Academy Alzira squad had their Segunda FFCV debut against the local side L´alcúdia de Crespins. Although the match did not end in their favor, the SIA Academy Alzira squad started the first half strong. For the first 20 minutes the team remained organized around the field, they managed to successfully put pressure on the other side for possession and were winning challenges and second balls. Unfortunately, the first goal came out of a defensive error, which they were able to capitalize on and from then on, the moral was different around the field. The visiting side managed to make the most out of two more counter attacks that were met with defensive errors.
For the beginning of the second half SIA Academy Alzira tried to bring more life to their team by bringing in two substitutes. One of which, Alex Sonne, was making his debut at the amateur level since his arrival from USA. Even so, the visiting side were unfazed and managed to score a 4th goal early in the second half which essentially sealed the match’s fate. At the 70th minute there was a glimmer of hope as the SIA Academy Alzira side were granted a penalty which they were unable to capitalize. The match ended with a victory for the L´alcúdia de Crespins side
The SIA Academy program, in addition to the debut of Alex Sonne, also highlighted the participation of experienced players such as Giacomo Brunati and Daniel Farkas, as well as the debuts of youth players Lukian Skuz and Edgar Carranza, who had minutes at the end of the game to begin to gain experience.
MVP
Giacomo Brunati, a SIA Academy program participant, was named best player of the match for the SIA Academy Alzira side as his performance was the most consistent and he was tasked with marking the best player on the L´alcúdia de Crespins side. A task in which he performed very highly.
