Grizinkalns 6 - 0 Ventspils (366418309)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 35581 had shown up at Grizinkalns Park Arena for the match. Ernesto Solis was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Grégoire Melet and Stefan Aspendahl. Grizinkalns decided to use a 4-5-1 set up. They fielded: Gadom - Knudsen, Kordež, Sanderson, Herfurth - Magg, Kern, Jolić, Morena, Riquelme - Off.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Ventspils. The following players took the field: Fišers - Teniss, Aleksandrovs, Biķernieks, Pudānis - Pilskalns, Deglis, Zihmanis, Matrozis - Usov, Gabaliņš.

Grizinkalns were relying on their ability to counter-attack. After 16 minutes of play, B. Jolić gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right. R. Morena had a fantastic opportunity to put Grizinkalns up another goal 24 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. 29 minutes into the match T. Off put Grizinkalns ahead 2 - 0 with a truly marvelous free kick. By now, the players in Grizinkalns felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. Grizinkalns's R. Morena refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 32 minutes. Grizinkalns's B. Jolić saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 38 minutes. Ventspils's B. Teniss was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 38 minutes. Grizinkalns's M. Magg increased the lead to 3 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 39 minutes. Ventspils's M. Biķernieks got himself booked for a foul. Halftime score was 3 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Grizinkalns, with 83 percent of the ball.

The coach of Grizinkalns was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 70 minutes, P. Flinkell came on for M. Magg. T. Off left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 78 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. L. Bērziņš was the replacement. 78 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as P. Flinkell broke through, making the score 4 - 0 for Grizinkalns. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, I. Matrozis got himself booked. The manager of Ventspils was not happy. R. Morena increased Grizinkalns's lead to 5 - 0 with a penalty spot cannonball. Grizinkalns increased the lead as P. Flinkell struck to make the score 6 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. B. Jolić wanted to play on, but the Grizinkalns coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 85 minutes into the game by U. Elers. Grizinkalns enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 83 percent of possession.

The most dominating Grizinkalns player was without a doubt E. Kern. M. Gadom was a disappointment, however. Most important Ventspils player was J. Deglis. J. Zihmanis on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 6 - 0.