atletico 8 - 0 bbahçe (379284714)

The crowd of 2862 turning up at Estadio Päijälä Calderón today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Lucian Pârvulescu was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Yanniek Clymans and Andrin Frauendiener. A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for atletico. The following players took the field: Businelli - Tadić, Lyysaari - Pohjosaho, Lukkala, Kuske, Guidry, Harjulehto - Kaartinen, Alhainen, Kapela.

bbahçe decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Starters: Edmonds - Demirsoy, Senning, Çalkılıç, Üksüm - Evcil, Eriksson, Dvorský, Falhult - Bellin, Feray.

The wings were the focus of most of atletico's attacks today. bbahçe immediately set off using their skill at pressing their opponents. atletico broke through on the left 12 minutes into the game, with J. Pohjosaho firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 1 - 0 lead. Attacking on the wings was the choice for atletico, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. Things were deteriorating for the away team as atletico scored another to make it 2 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for M. Kuske after 19 minutes. At this point, it was obvious that the players of atletico lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. The pressing tactics used by bbahçe were successful as the ball remained close to the half way line at all times. M. Harjulehto, who often relies on his speed, had a rotten day on the drenched grass. After 41 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and J. Tadić gave the atletico supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 3 - 0. A well placed corner kick from B. Guidry was followed by J. Pohjosaho's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for atletico, the score now 4 - 0. 4 - 0 was the halftime score. atletico enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 77 percent of possession.

Players in atletico heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of atletico to 5 - 0 as M. Harjulehto finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. J. Lyysaari left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 57 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. L. Lauri was the replacement. With 60 minutes played, atletico put themselves up 6 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to J. Pohjosaho, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. By then J. Pohjosaho had scored three goals - a hat trick! A. Alhainen had a hard time on the waterlogged pitch - his trademark technique was nowhere in sight today. With 64 minutes played, J. Tadić could have brought this one home for atletico as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. atletico put themselves up 7 - 0 when M. Harjulehto broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. atletico were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. atletico increased the lead as L. Lauri struck to make the score 8 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. Possession in this half belonged to atletico, who controlled the ball 79 percent of the time.

J. Pohjosaho performed admirably for atletico. B. Guidry was a disappointment, however. Most important bbahçe player was T. Evcil. A. Çalkılıç on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 8 - 0.