Homerin 0 - 4 Ambo (385544117)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 36374 had shown up at Homer Arena for the match. Florian Ritter Hänel von Cronenthall was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Valentijn De Roeck and Jaimy Smolenaars. Homerin started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Marrani - Karhula, Journet, De Raeve - Mobutu, Wieleniak, Ung, Della Bartola, González-Mohíno - Lubert, Lavín.

Ambo had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Ahderinne - Lähde, Kaunismaa, Saloharju - Lerkkanen, Valtavuo, Skorobogaty, Kaarakka, Seitalahti - Haapaniemi, Saxbäck.

Ambo's J. Seitalahti was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the opposition's box - T. Saxbäck managed to volley one of them into the net to make it 0 - 1 after 24 minutes. With 25 minutes played, Ambo put themselves up 0 - 2 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was K. Skorobogaty. After 29 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed T. Saxbäck to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 3. The players of Ambo now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. T. Saxbäck of Ambo took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 33 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 4. By then T. Saxbäck had scored three goals - a hat trick! It was 0 - 4 at the break. Ambo enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 53 percent of possession.

With 81 minutes played, C. Mobutu of Homerin fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. Ambo had most of the ball, with 54 percent of possession.

Homerin's best player was L. Lubert. C. Mobutu on the other hand, had a terrible day. T. Saxbäck performed admirably for Ambo. J. Seitalahti was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 4.