Sigulda 0 - 9 pļāvēji (206551321)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Sigulda Stadion saw a crowd turnout of 7000. Alberto Portal was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Darren Quintero and Rómeó Mocsary. Sigulda started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Varvanin - Elsiņš, Gorkiy, Salonen, Uldriķis - Verpakovskis, Khalimov, Geibovičs, Pīlips - Vilkauss, Trulais.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for pļāvēji. They fielded: Kümmerling - Pham, Damunt, Kalker - Nagorniak, Smagars, Vašers, Ratov, Verza - Vējiņš, Gritskov.

The visitors grabbed the lead after A. Verza's free kick succeeded, resulting in a score of 0 - 1. A. Verza of pļāvēji received a yellow card after 26 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. After 35 minutes, pļāvēji's I. Smagars burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 2. Sigulda's G. Trulais had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 36 minutes having been played. A. Ivanov was the replacement. After 37 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for V. Vašers who increased pļāvēji's lead to 0 - 3. The visitors' A. Vējiņš took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 41 minutes into the match. 0 - 4 for pļāvēji. The players of pļāvēji now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. With 43 minutes played, V. Vašers nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. 0 - 4 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to pļāvēji, who controlled the ball 80 percent of the time.

With 59 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed V. Ratov of pļāvēji to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 5. Sigulda's A. Uldriķis got himself booked for a foul. V. Vašers of pļāvēji took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 77 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 6. After 81 minutes pļāvēji's M. Kümmerling contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. After 82 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for Y. Gritskov who increased pļāvēji's lead to 0 - 7. J. Pham of pļāvēji received a yellow card after 83 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Sigulda had to make a substitution after 84 minutes. U. Vilkauss limped off the field and was replaced by V. Voltmans. After 86 minutes, pļāvēji's V. Ratov burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 8. A drive down the left side allowed A. Verza to get in close and score another goal for pļāvēji after 87 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 9. Sigulda's T. Salonen got himself booked for a foul. pļāvēji claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 83 percent.

A. Verpakovskis performed admirably for Sigulda. T. Salonen on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important pļāvēji player was V. Vašers. H. Damunt turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 9.