Kurmju 1 - 4 B0n3s (377102984)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Kurmju pirksti Arena saw a crowd turnout of 19951. Dariusz Borek was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Joaquím Ramírez and Olek Drążek. All of Rīga was shut down for the day, as fans of both clubs came to the derby. Kurmju had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: van der Lem - Abadal, Coscelli, Fransson, Dedziņš - Candio, Naila, Della Ventura, Pūris - Kløvedal, Bencze.

B0n3s started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Calmans - Bērziņš, Gaisma, Brouka - Lanzana, Galviņš, Skalbergs, Baldzēns, Szalai - Matulis, Neiburgs.

Kurmju saw most attack opportunities on the wings. R. Szalai's early cross saw the defenders caught out of position and the alert R. Neiburgs was able to pounce and roll the ball past the hapless goalkeeper to score for B0n3s. 0 - 1. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave J. Matulis from B0n3s a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 7 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! With the scoreboard showing that 13 minutes had been played, B0n3s nearly put themselves up another goal after L. Skalbergs came through on the left. Fortunately for the home crowd, the keeper made the save. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, L. Skalbergs got himself booked. The manager of B0n3s was not happy. 30 minutes into the match, K. Galviņš came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. Kurmju mounted an inspired counterattack down the right wing after 31 minutes, but M. Dedziņš was unable to convert from short range. With 39 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed L. Skalbergs of B0n3s to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 2. It was 0 - 2 at the break. B0n3s enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 62 percent of possession.

After 55 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed L. Skalbergs to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 3. The players of B0n3s now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. K. Galviņš's lack of experience almost gave Kurmju a goal after 66 minutes, but the shot went right into the keeper's arms. B0n3s increased their lead after 68 minutes when V. Bērziņš broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 4, much to the home crowd's dismay. Kurmju made it 1 - 4 as M. Fransson got a touch to the floated corner kick and flicked the ball to K. Bencze who whipped a low drive in off the far post. Possession in this half belonged to B0n3s, who controlled the ball 57 percent of the time.

Most important Kurmju player was T. Kløvedal. M. Fransson was a disappointment, however. B0n3s's best player was M. Baldzēns. J. Calmans turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 4.