Rastafari 3 - 2 Varenie (366408863)

26037 spectators had come to "Rasta house" arena this cloudy day. Francisco Casillas was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Mohd Ramzi bin Ismail and Yannik Koschembahr. Everyone was excited about the upcoming Rēzekne derby and the crowd was divided evenly. Rastafari started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Schöttel - Mirchev, Stupnikov, Mendoza, Dryžys - Śniadecki, Martins, Gavrilescu, Lazdiņš - Dalpas, Uçkaç.

Varenie had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. The following players took the field: Štelle - Kairāns, Benefelds, Svetlykh, Bondars - Dāvidsons, Thörnner, Gebel, Druzhinin, Kļaviņš - Wyrobek.

Rastafari mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. Varenie's H. Bondars gave the visitors a 0 - 1 lead after 3 minutes with a superb strike from the right. I. Gebel was first to reach a ball launched long through the center from Varenie's defence 22 minutes into the game. He managed to keep his cool and beat the goalkeeper to make the score 0 - 2. Rastafari players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 2. Rastafari had most of the ball, with 62 percent of possession.

Rastafari refused to be intimidated and, breaking through the middle, B. Uçkaç managed to slip the ball home for 1 - 2. Rastafari were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. With a shot curled in from just outside the middle of the penalty area after 75 minutes played, B. Uçkaç of Rastafari made the score 2 - 2. 78 minutes into the game, H. Mirchev had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came L. Noè. 79 minutes into the game, T. Thörnner had a great chance to put his team ahead, but his kick from the left went wide. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to G. Martins, but the Rastafari player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 3 - 2! Rastafari claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 65 percent.

G. Martins performed admirably for Rastafari. On the other hand, P. Stupnikov's play was disheartening. Most important Varenie player was A. Druzhinin. A. Benefelds turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 3 - 2.