Alcoholic 3 - 1 Kuusjoki (379405167)

Dark skies made the crowd of 1517 at Alcoholic Arena a little nervous, but the rain held off. Christoph Johne was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Sedat Ayçin and John Isakov. Alcoholic started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Galtarossa - Kostohryz, Prgeša, Aprea - Flaugnacco, Madon, Vasi, Oropallo, Magonara - Losli, Cañaveral.

Kuusjoki decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. The following players had been chosen: Santamäki - Pircklén, Mässeli, Kumpuniemi - Kuula, Naalisvaara, Mahonen, Kunnas - Tammi, Saario, Hakkarainen.

Alcoholic created a good opportunity to score 5 minutes into the match when M. Vasi's hooked ball from the left created a scuffle in front of the goal, and the visitors' defenders had a hard time clearing the ball. After 7 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Kuusjoki found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to inadequate. A corner kick created great disorder in the penalty area with a goal nearly scored by J. Pircklén. At last, Kuusjoki's J. Hakkarainen was able to backheel the ball in. 0 - 1. Kuusjoki's A. Naalisvaara left the field after 24 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was T. Torkkola. 28 minutes into the match, Alcoholic's S. Flaugnacco maneuvered his way around the opposition on the left flank, delighting the crowd with his twists and turns. The effort paid off as the ball found the back of the net, evening the score at 1 - 1. There was concern in the stands when, at the 31 minute mark, Alcoholic's L. Madon hit the ground hard, but he refused the attention of the trainer and rejoined his teammates on the pitch. Halftime score was 1 - 1. Alcoholic enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 83 percent of possession.

The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that Kuusjoki had solid organisation. As the 50 minute mark approached, the Alcoholic coach decided it was time for a substitution. M. Vasi reluctantly made way for R. Surchi on the pitch. L. Oropallo would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise. A. Rollo entered the game for Alcoholic as the match clock showed 60 minutes. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, D. Cañaveral scored for Alcoholic putting them ahead 2 - 1, after 65 minutes. The home side's A. Rollo came close to extending the lead 75 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but E. Santamäki managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. 77 minutes into the game, Kuusjoki seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a inadequate level of organisation. The referee showed Alcoholic's T. Prgeša the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Alcoholic's S. Flaugnacco increased the lead to 3 - 1, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 84 minutes. Alcoholic claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 81 percent.

Alcoholic's best player was L. Madon. A. Galtarossa turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important Kuusjoki player was J. Tammi. However, T. Torkkola made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 1.