Kalyta 3 - 0 ajax (379394035)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 3282 at Juan Jose Scarpeccio today. Cole Sherwin was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Kai Sørensen and Dolf Hulskers. The match took place on neutral ground. Kalyta had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. Lineup: Tavares - Ríos, Naczas, Richtr - Renaud, Fribom, Ragued, Shuranov - de Cervantes, de Moll, Shergin.

ajax started off with a 5-3-2 lineup. They fielded: Fotache - Birrer, Ilmjärv, Gyemendi, Campins, Kuschevatzky - Mahankov, Boitor, Ottesen - Kelec, Raik.

Kalyta seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of ajax. Kalyta made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left G. Shergin completely alone with keeper I. Fotache, who made a spectacular block. ajax's counterattacks created a good chance for Z. Kelec on the right after 19 minutes, but he could only look on with dismay as his strike rebounded off the crossbar. Kalyta's R. de Moll refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 20 minutes. With 27 minutes played R. de Moll almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. ajax were pushed back, and had many dangerous counterattacks. An impressive one came 28 minutes into the match, but N. Raik narrowly missed the free kick attempt that was awarded as a result of a foul. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Kalyta, with 63 percent of the ball.

V. Shuranov gave Kalyta the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 1 - 0 With 68 minutes played, A. Mahankov of ajax fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. Central attacks were the recipe of the day for Kalyta, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. G. Shergin could have increased the lead after 73 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. R. de Moll increased the lead for Kalyta to 2 - 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 Kalyta free kick 87 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of M. Richtr, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 3 - 0! Possession in this half belonged to Kalyta, who controlled the ball 64 percent of the time.

Kalyta's best player was C. Naczas. B. Tavares turned in a dismal performance, however. N. Raik performed admirably for ajax. G. Campins on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 0.