Arabia 3 - 6 Frenk (378355279)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 2532 had shown up at Gammelstaden Park for the match. Johannes Tokoi was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Paolo Rossi and Asep Hariyanto. A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Arabia. Lineup: Riiho - Försti, Leppäsalmi - Nuorala, Viklund, Pursimo, Alasaari, Ahvenniemi - Valén, Lillqvist, Fabritius.

Frenk tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. The following players took the field: Chiani - Pruijssers, Forslius - Ameur, Miramunt, Wyatt, Ortegat, Gindt - Galip, Orhon, Zuikevičius.

After 27 minutes, Frenk's B. Orhon made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 0 - 1. 32 minutes in, and Arabia were able to score the equalising goal to make it 1 - 1 when G. Lillqvist picked up a pass coming in from the right and chipped it past the away team's keeper. 33 minutes into the game, G. Wyatt was a hair's breadth away from giving Frenk the lead with a shot from over on the left. A prompt block by T. Riiho saved the home team that time. Frenk took the lead 38 minutes into the game, making the score 1 - 2 after some elegant movement down the middle. M. Zuikevičius was the scorer. With a shot curled in from just outside the middle of the penalty area after 39 minutes played, A. Nuorala of Arabia made the score 2 - 2. 40 minutes in, Frenk's M. Zuikevičius received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. M. Valén of Arabia had to be helped off the pitch as an injury meant he was unable to finish the game. J. Junnilainen came in to finish the match. 2 - 3 was the score with 42 minutes played, after N. Gindt cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for Frenk. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 3. Neither team was controlling the possession at this point in the match, with the stats showing a 50:50 split.

The coach of Frenk was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 46 minutes, J. Vinaixa came on for N. Gindt. The visitors' M. Zuikevičius took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 51 minutes into the match. 2 - 4 for Frenk. Confident in their lead, Frenk's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. After 55 minutes, following yet another great corner, S. Ameur's flick on at the near post reached M. Zuikevičius, who was just wide with his snapshot - the ball went out for a goal kick. After 66 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for J. Vinaixa who increased Frenk's lead to 2 - 5. S. Ameur received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 69 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 2 - 6. The Frenk fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. After 70 minutes, Arabia sent a free kick in high over the penalty box. In what looked like a well-rehearsed move, the ball was headed backwards and reached T. Leppäsalmi, who had plenty of space to place a well aimed shot - 3 - 6. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Frenk, with 51 percent of the ball.

Arabia's best player was L. Viklund. T. Riiho on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Frenk player was without a doubt B. Orhon. However, A. Chiani made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 6.