teenagers 0 - 1 doublerick (350717385)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 12000 at teenagers from uranu Arena today. Toni Zottino was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Luca Tonzar and Javier Moreno. teenagers started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Sheverev - Liepiņš, Osis, Tsapkala, Braila - Laugalis, Spriņģis, Brahmanis, Salmiņš - Bērziņš, Zupāns.

doublerick decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. They fielded: Vaiksnors - Verba, Dangens-Grūbe, Čubis, Okunevich - Nigmatullin, Drušs, Balsers, Liepiņš - Pētersons, Shandruk.

B. Liepiņš made a quick rush after 30 minutes, but J. Liepiņš had no problems keeping up the pace and stopped the attack. E. Dangens-Grūbe had a good opportunity to give doublerick the lead as he charged down the right and struck the ball towards the top corner, but the home team's goalkeeper made the save. doublerick's B. Liepiņš got himself booked for a foul. With 43 minutes played, A. Braila of teenagers fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. Halftime score was 0 - 0. doublerick enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 62 percent of possession.

doublerick had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially 63 minutes in when V. Nigmatullin came up alone against V. Sheverev who managed a block. doublerick had to make a substitution after 66 minutes. A. Vaiksnors limped off the field and was replaced by J. Brom. After 79 minutes, doublerick put themselves up 0 - 1, as A. Balsers finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by doublerick, with 63 percent of the ball.

teenagers's best player was V. Tsapkala. On the other hand, V. Sheverev's play was disheartening. The most dominating doublerick player was without a doubt A. Pētersons. M. Drušs on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 1.