Barbados 4 - 1 Gorizont (371670770)

The 32928 fans in attendance at Barbados Arena were roasting in the hot sun. Carlos Fernández was the appointed referee. Barbados started off with a 5-4-1 lineup. They fielded: Stănescu - Radwan, Meurant, Zakurdaev, Goritskiy, Osca - Chechulin, Vikuliev, Arestov, Hubbeling - Bereslavskiy.

Gorizont tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Örfi - Zuya, Juárez Sierra, Stupka - Solomyanko, Pyatunin, Theillard, Orengård, Devyatyarov - Blaas, Ali.

Barbados saw most attack opportunities on the wings. Today, Gorizont's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Down the middle came D. Devyatyarov, making a fantastic play that nearly had Gorizont take the lead after 6 minutes, but A. Stănescu preserved the tie. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, M. Bereslavskiy scored for Barbados putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 20 minutes. After 21 minutes, W. Hubbeling sent the corner kick right to P. Goritskiy who headed it sharply past the keeper. 2 - 0! The score became 3 - 0 at 25 minutes into the game, when Barbados were given a penalty which W. Hubbeling blasted straight down the middle giving the keeper no chance! C. Meurant could have put Barbados up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 27 minutes. Gorizont fought on and, after 33 minutes, D. Devyatyarov was able to reduce the deficit to 3 - 1 after some excellent moves on the right side were finished off with an incredibly clever chip. 3 - 1 was the score after the first half. Barbados had most of the ball, with 53 percent of possession.

Gorizont had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Barbados to 4 - 1 as A. Radwan finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. W. Hubbeling of Barbados received a yellow card after 52 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. With 65 minutes played, the Gorizont coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. A. Wisutrangsi came on, Z. Ali had to leave the fray. A. Wisutrangsi became the new Gorizont captain. Gorizont claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 56 percent.

Barbados's best player was D. Osca. W. Hubbeling turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating Gorizont player was without a doubt K. Orengård. J. Theillard on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 4 - 1.