Eifonic 4 - 0 CFC (366420380)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 38627 to Eifonic Latvia Arena. Andrea Natalicchio was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Tomas Hasselmo and Arnulf Munkvold . Eifonic had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. Lineup: Vinklář - Lipert, Ophus - van der Giessen, Holičár, Séguret, Kausche, Vizcarra - Dīzenbergs, Katajavuori, Proença.

CFC decided to use a 5-5-0 set up. The following players took the field: Hviid - Deli, Hirschmann, Hevera, Schneidershof, Palleras - Savtunç, Davidovski, Espinheira, Zafra, Bahrenfeld -.

Eifonic clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of CFC. With 7 minutes played R. Vizcarra almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. Good work by the CFC defensive line after 8 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found Z. Hevera alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. After 12 minutes of play, T. Ophus gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right. Eifonic were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. 24 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as J. Katajavuori broke through, making the score 2 - 0 for Eifonic. 2 - 0 was the halftime score. Eifonic claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 79 percent.

With 72 minutes played, J. Holičár could have brought this one home for Eifonic as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. Eifonic's H. Kausche was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 74 minutes. 76 minutes into the game, CFC seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a inadequate level of organisation. Eifonic's H. Kausche left the field after 78 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was K. Mametov. Eifonic's G. Séguret swung in a good chance from the left, but the visitors' defence were able to clear the ball. 86 minutes in, CFC appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only inadequate. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave J. Katajavuori from Eifonic a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 87 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! S. van der Giessen struck a 30 metre free kick home 88 minutes into the match. 3 - 0 for the home team. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Eifonic lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. The corner kick from S. van der Giessen was powerfully met by the head of V. Lipert to make the score 4 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Eifonic, with 79 percent of the ball.

G. Séguret performed admirably for Eifonic. On the other hand, T. Ophus's play was disheartening. Most important CFC player was J. Schneidershof. L. Davidovski turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 4 - 0.