Dogstriper 0 - 11 op-tiken (302449670)

Clouds darkened the skies at Woody Arena as 13087 spectators turned up for the match. Claude Trochu was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Roberto Gómez and Elías Gálvez. Dogstriper had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Starters: Krauze - Calmans, Ragoza, Vagoliņš, Piebalgs - Kanbergs, Byalkovskiy, Ķeners, Privalov - Korzhov, Broks.

op-tiken decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. They fielded: Kraus - Strøm, Van Samang, Laanepõld - Constable, Taskinen, Siemiatycz, Fattovich, Campodafeira - Sârbu, Žeravica.

op-tiken mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. 8 minutes into the match, the visiting op-tiken made the score 0 - 1 after G. Van Samang executed a perfect free kick. S. Žeravica increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 2. At this point, it was obvious that the players of op-tiken lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. 15 minutes into the game, op-tiken's E. Strøm surprised the visitors with a raking cross-field pass to R. Sârbu who easily found the back of the net, making the score 0 - 3. J. Siemiatycz received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 28 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 4. The op-tiken fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. After 33 minutes a very unfortunate collision in the penalty area led to op-tiken's J. Constable being carried off the pitch and replaced by V. Daģis. After 34 minutes, op-tiken's S. Žeravica burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 5. op-tiken's X. Campodafeira was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 38 minutes. op-tiken players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. The visitors' X. Campodafeira took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 41 minutes into the match. 0 - 6 for op-tiken. op-tiken had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. After 43 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave J. Taskinen a chance to increase the lead for op-tiken, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 7. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 7. Possession in this half belonged to op-tiken, who controlled the ball 72 percent of the time.

The home crowd was not impressed when S. Žeravica came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 48 minutes. op-tiken were now up 0 - 8. This third goal completed a hattrick for S. Žeravica. G. Van Samang increased op-tiken's lead to 0 - 9 with a superb free kick strike that flew in just under the far top corner. 78 minutes into the game, V. Daģis had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came M. De Carli. After 81 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for M. De Carli who increased op-tiken's lead to 0 - 10. After 82 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for N. Fattovich who increased op-tiken's lead to 0 - 11. op-tiken enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 78 percent of possession.

G. Piebalgs performed admirably for Dogstriper. On the other hand, A. Krauze's play was disheartening. op-tiken's best player was R. Sârbu. M. De Carli was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 11.