PPP 3 - 1 Ricos (369404490)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and colosseum saw a crowd turnout of 53464. Darre Esseveld was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jonathan MacPhorich and Rudolf Tyra. The derby had been the talk of Tampere all week and fans of both teams could be seen throughout the stadium. PPP started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Ukko - Kaijansinkko, Plosts, Candia - Blok, Huuhka, Puukka, Nokkonen, Yiannakoglou - Marjetta, Kinnunen.

A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Ricos. The following players had been chosen: Sjögren - Mocci, Wickboldt - Zaruret, Zoccarato, Chydenius, 齊洋 (Qiyang) , Robinsson - Lukey, Becker, Vinerbi.

A mistake by the home side's central defence after 22 minutes allowed 周. 齊洋 (Qiyang) to score for Ricos. The scoreboard now read 0 - 1. PPP's T. Puukka got himself booked for a foul. PPP's M. Marjetta made a successful breakthrough on the left after 29 minutes and should have levelled the score, but instead he clipped it over the bar. PPP were close to equalising with a spectacular free kick by T. Huuhka after 33 minutes, but A. Sjögren made a great save, tipping it to a corner. 0 - 1 was the score after the first half. PPP claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 58 percent.

After 52 minutes, O. Candia got through on the right and was very close to equalising for the home side, but didn't get the shot away. After 53 minutes of play, T. Kinnunen equalised for PPP after an elegant attack from the right. 56 minutes into the game, G. Mocci almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. The home side put themselves ahead 2 - 1 after 63 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from T. Kinnunen, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. Content with how the game was proceeding, the PPP coach let A. Malenšek replace E. Yiannakoglou after 69 minutes. M. Marjetta left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 75 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. V. Pogrebnyak was the replacement. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in PPP's J. Blok increasing the lead to 3 - 1. Confident in their lead, PPP's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by PPP, with 58 percent of the ball.

PPP's best player was T. Kinnunen. A. Malenšek was a disappointment, however. The most dominating Ricos player was without a doubt E. Lukey. G. Mocci turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 3 - 1.