Students 3 - 0 0rion (378159418)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 3640 to Student Square. Szilveszter Szekeres was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Giuseppe Dutto and Fulvio Maltoni. Students decided to use a 3-4-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Johannessen - Akçasu, Ramirez Rul, Chalov - Gornostaev, Lüftner, Böttcher, Morozko - Cordero, Quaderer.

0rion had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. Starters: Ojakivi - Pyrmont, Panetta - López, Dura, Tasso, Scardia, Macoveanu - Mastnak, Appel, Raivo.

Students fans held their breath as C. Lüftner scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 1 - 0! 3 minutes in, Students appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only poor. After 17 minutes, Students's A. Gornostaev swiftly ran past E. Dura and nutmegged the keeper! 2 - 0. F. Cordero increased the lead for Students to 3 - 0, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! The players of Students now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. After 34 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Students found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to poor. It was 3 - 0 at the break. Students had most of the ball, with 60 percent of possession.

The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that Students had passable organisation. The home side's Y. Quaderer came close to extending the lead 59 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but M. Ojakivi managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. 62 minutes into the game, Students seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a poor level of organisation. Students's Y. Quaderer got himself booked for a foul. Unfortunately for 0rion, P. Panetta was injured when the game became more physical, and he had to leave the field. Y. Olsen replaced him. A. Mastnak was the new captain of 0rion - handed the armband by the departing player. After 80 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by A. Akçasu might have resulted in another goal for Students. However, M. Ojakivi made a spectacular save. After 82 minutes, 0rion's T. Raivo fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! 85 minutes into the game, Students had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to poor. Possession in this half belonged to Students, who controlled the ball 59 percent of the time.

Students's top performer was clearly A. Akçasu. R. Ramirez Rul turned in a dismal performance, however. 0rion's best player was B. Appel. G. Pyrmont on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 0.