hobos 4 - 2 Poila (366388926)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Fc the hobos Arena saw a crowd turnout of 42823. Benjamin Basson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ng Chao Hua and Rickard Pålsson. hobos tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. The following players took the field: Drangastein - Hess, Cheromei - Parfitt, Dadson, Duca, Skrīveris, Lot - Svētnieks, Tyškevičius, Grangård.

Poila decided to use a 4-3-3 set up. The following players had been chosen: Olmedo López - Vutov, Losseau, Jundzītis, Matujewicz - Straatemeijer, Sevilen, Bissola - Siliņš, Bik, Rugens.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Poila. J. Siliņš came close to putting the visiting team one up 4 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but A. Drangastein managed to tip the ball to a corner. Poila's A. Sevilen had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 6 minutes having been played. M. Higuita was the replacement. With 15 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 1 - 0 lead as S. Tyškevičius flipped the ball in after a cross from the right. S. Skrīveris could have put hobos up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 22 minutes. hobos's W. Hess was shown a yellow card after 28 minutes for slicing down an opponent. 29 minutes into the match W. Hess put hobos ahead 2 - 0 with a truly marvelous free kick. After 30 minutes, Poila used a short break in the game to take new instructions from their coach. K. Dadson had a fantastic opportunity to put hobos up another goal 34 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. M. Parfitt squirmed through their central defence after 38 minutes, increasing the lead to 3 - 0. Halftime score was 3 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to hobos, who controlled the ball 68 percent of the time.

Unhappy with the result so far in the game, the Poila manager used a brief break in play after 46 minutes to give the players new directives. 51 minutes in, Poila's V. Jundzītis received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. hobos put in a good effort on the right, but A. Grangård saw his volley fly wide of the mark 61 minutes into the game. Poila's right side looked dangerous after 64 minutes, as A. Matujewicz broke through. A. Drangastein continued to stifle them, however, as he made the save look easy. A. Grangård was the first to reach the corner kick, but his header was blocked by the keeper. However, hobos's A. Svētnieks managed to get hold of the rebound and tucked the ball into the empty net. 4 - 0 M. Higuita showed why he is feared on the counterattack, breaking through in the middle and scoring for Poila after 75 minutes to make the score 4 - 1. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave D. Straatemeijer from Poila a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 76 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! With 82 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock, Poila showed some good skill and were able to reduce the score to 4 - 2 when E. Bik got past the home side's central defenders right in front of the goal. hobos enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 69 percent of possession.

S. Tyškevičius performed admirably for hobos. However, K. Cheromei made a disastrous appearance. Poila's best player was E. Bik. M. Higuita on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 4 - 2.