myrpa 2 - 0 T74 (385501513)

Clear skies welcomed the 35772 spectators who had made their way to länsi-vantaa areena. Johannes Andreasson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Henrik Mårtensson and Aguinaldo Pacheco. myrpa had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. The following players took the field: Curasì - Mertens, Mascia, Amorese, Girardin - Petta, Dijkhuizen, Nykter, Hošek - Brichet, Griljc.

T74 decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. They fielded: Valencia - Bene, Chhith, Pardo - Vaz, Cromvoort, Milimavičius, Micyk, Hammarbom - Raidt, Lyons.

The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to L. Hošek, but the myrpa player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0! myrpa increased the lead as P. Petta struck to make the score 2 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. At this point, it was obvious that the players of myrpa lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. myrpa had a great opportunity to score following a counterattack after 31 minutes, but J. Mertens's shot from the left sailed high over the bar. It was 2 - 0 at the break. myrpa claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 61 percent.

The myrpa players could smell victory in the air. L. Hošek wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for E. Fauth after 54 minutes. The bench was restless, and with 55 minutes passed T74's coach gave İ. Diken the opportunity the player had been hoping for. G. Cromvoort reluctantly left the field. D. Amorese left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 63 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. D. Ðorđević was the replacement. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, T74's S. Chhith was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 70 minutes. C. Pecquet was given a chance to change things around. In the lead, myrpa adjusted their style of play with 72 minutes gone. After 72 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as T74 found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to poor. With 82 minutes played, seemingly due to lack of experience, D. Ðorđević needlessly tripped an opponent just outside the penalty area, but the free kick that followed didn't succeed. myrpa enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 66 percent of possession.

Most important myrpa player was R. Brichet. D. Ðorđević was a disappointment, however. T74's top performer was clearly A. Lyons. On the other hand, E. Micyk's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 0.