Vītiņi 0 - 6 MOVILAT (270651389)

10291 punters turned up at FK Vītiņi Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Jean Rabeling was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Javier Pérez and Falco van Gijzel. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Vītiņi. The following players took the field: Treyman - Cers, Egorovskiy, Taņevskis, Afanasov - Pudniks, Katsuba, Vulfsons, Reiss - Laipiņš, Kalniņš.

MOVILAT decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Lineup: Balodis - Briedis, Kārkliņš, Salna, Ziemers - Vjakse, Moseev, Balodis, Baumer - Stepanovs, Smędzik.

Y. Afanasov's lack of experience almost gave MOVILAT a goal after 22 minutes, but the shot went right into the keeper's arms. Some good play on the left wing created an opportunity for the visitors 23 minutes into the match, and J. Briedis wasn't about to let it go by. He got past the defenders and fired a shot that the keeper just missed. 0 - 1 for the visitors. Vītiņi's A. Reiss was shown a yellow card after 37 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Having been awarded a free kick in an awkward position after 40 minutes, MOVILAT did not go for a shot but instead fired the ball hard into the 6 yard box. After a brief tussle with his marker, G. Balodis was able to power the ball past the keeper to make the score 0 - 2. MOVILAT's E. Baumer made it through the home team's defence on the right hand side 43 minutes into the match. After rounding the keeper, he only had to place the ball in the unguarded goal when a defender slid in and cleared the ball off the line. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 2. Possession in this half belonged to MOVILAT, who controlled the ball 57 percent of the time.

After 54 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave G. Balodis a chance to increase the lead for MOVILAT, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 3. The MOVILAT players could smell victory in the air. I. Moseev wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for A. Moreno Mora after 60 minutes. Content with how the game was proceeding, the MOVILAT coach let C. Brillante replace G. Stepanovs after 60 minutes. J. Vjakse wanted to play on, but the MOVILAT coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 60 minutes into the game by G. De León. With 60 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed A. Moreno Mora of MOVILAT to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 4. After this, you could see that the players of MOVILAT were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. The visitors' C. Brillante took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 73 minutes into the match. 0 - 5 for MOVILAT. With 75 minutes played, MOVILAT put themselves up 0 - 6 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was C. Brillante. MOVILAT's G. De León got himself booked for a foul. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by MOVILAT, with 70 percent of the ball.

The most dominating Vītiņi player was without a doubt S. Laipiņš. V. Treyman was a disappointment, however. MOVILAT's top performer was clearly C. Brillante. R. Balodis turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 6.