Snowtigers 5 - 2 Acjöpö (369507582)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 37561 to Temple of Tigers. Marc Pickel was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Harald Ritler and Santiago Adrián Burruchaga. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Snowtigers. They fielded: Ewing - Sundelin, Juote, Markusas, Laitio - Kolb, 爾忠 (Erzhong), 凱航 (Kaihang) , Muvaffak - Wickström, Capatonda.

Acjöpö tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. The following players had been chosen: Velino - Grön, Helova, Guido - Guénot, Storgaard, Machielsen, Rumbin - Pentikäinen, Rissala, Martinsson.

Snowtigers mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. T. Sundelin caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 2 minutes. This gave Snowtigers the 1 - 0 lead. The head of T. Rumbin connected with a corner kick after 9 minutes, and the ball ended up with C. Guido of Acjöpö who blasted the ball into the net, making the score 1 - 1. 葉. 爾忠 (Erzhong)'s lack of experience almost gave Acjöpö a goal after 16 minutes, but the shot went right into the keeper's arms. Snowtigers took the lead 18 minutes into the game by 2 - 1, as T. Wickström elegantly received a long range pass through the middle, finishing off with a half-volley shot just below the bar. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. H. Kolb squirmed through their central defence after 34 minutes, increasing the lead to 3 - 1. It was 3 - 1 at the break. Snowtigers had most of the ball, with 61 percent of possession.

Snowtigers had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. 葉. 爾忠 (Erzhong) should probably have put his team up another goal after 65 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by U. Velino kept the visitors in the game. Snowtigers solidified their lead at the 66 minute mark, as H. Kolb dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 4 - 1. The players of Snowtigers now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. The referee showed Acjöpö's G. Martinsson the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. It was obvious that team Snowtigers had instructions to attack in the middle instead of on the wings. Cheers filled the stadium as T. Wickström broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 5 - 1 to Snowtigers. T. Rumbin's lightning pace was too much for T. Sundelin who could only look on as the Acjöpö player blasted one home. 5 - 2. Snowtigers players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. T. Sundelin could have increased the lead after 86 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. Snowtigers were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. Snowtigers claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 63 percent.

Snowtigers's best player was T. Wickström. A. Juote on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Acjöpö player was T. Storgaard. On the other hand, T. Rumbin's play was disheartening. The match ends 5 - 2.