Peksupoisid 1 - 1 FC PK (381587443)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Puka-Puhila Arena saw a crowd turnout of 29321. Babek Yaqubov was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Klaus Jordan and Tom Kullenén. Peksupoisid decided to use a 5-4-1 set up. They fielded: Al-Junaiby - Räst, Pedretti, Rainha, Mastroianni, Rusconi - Ots, Faganel, Saar, Shilnikov - Varankov.

FC PK tactics involved an interesting 5-4-1 combination. The following players had been chosen: Migliore - Bürgi, Avelar, Ballarin, Mirea, Méndez - Drumond, Pfeiffenprinz, Lardin, Gaubert - Montalvo.

For their match strategy, Peksupoisid had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. FC PK demonstrated their creative tactics on the field. Almost all the way down to the corner flag, FC PK's R. Gaubert somehow managed to get a perfect pass into the middle, impossible to miss for M. Montalvo, who struck for 0 - 1. Good work by the Peksupoisid defensive line after 29 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found L. Faganel alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. 37 minutes into the game Peksupoisid managed a counterattack, but M. Varankov took a soft shot from the left flank that was easy prey for the alert keeper. With 41 minutes played, seemingly due to lack of experience, G. Pfeiffenprinz needlessly tripped an opponent just outside the penalty area, but the free kick that followed didn't succeed. What ever got into A. Lardin, the crowd mumbled, as he suddenly struck a cross pass through his own defence - ending up right in front of Peksupoisid's M. Varankov, who easily put the ball away for 1 - 1 after 43 minutes. It was 1 - 1 at the break. FC PK claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 63 percent.

Peksupoisid almost scored after a counterattack 72 minutes into the match, but M. Varankov took a shot from the left that landed harmlessly in the side of the net. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by FC PK, with 64 percent of the ball.

The most dominating Peksupoisid player was without a doubt M. Varankov. M. Mastroianni was a disappointment, however. F. Migliore performed admirably for FC PK. On the other hand, A. Ballarin's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 1.