patronite 9 - 0 Hofuso (379880913)

The 4540 spectators at Arena were in for an afternoon of sunshine. Mikko Syrjänen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Guillaume Chazeau and Chris Phelps. patronite tactics involved an interesting 4-5-1 combination. The following players took the field: Emiliani - Drielsma, Ladet, Olesen, Montani - Luša, Vahrigyan, Mitrev, Niţu, Dolina - Surzhenko.

Hofuso started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. Starters: 武田 (Takeda) - Nöbel, 後藤 (Goto), Cimovski - Knöpfli, 織田 (Oda), Lehtinen, Festag - Blaak, 小畑 (Obata), 杉浦 (Sugiura).

patronite used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. Today, Hofuso's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. V. Niţu caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 3 minutes. This gave patronite the 1 - 0 lead. patronite were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. N. Dolina squirmed through their central defence after 11 minutes, increasing the lead to 2 - 0. 16 minutes into the game, patronite were awarded a penalty that V. Ladet turned into 3 - 0 without a problem. 19 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as M. Vahrigyan broke through, making the score 4 - 0 for patronite. At this point, it was obvious that the players of patronite lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of patronite to 5 - 0 as S. Surzhenko finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. 5 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by patronite, with 85 percent of the ball.

It was obvious that team patronite had instructions to attack in the middle instead of on the wings. After 47 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by K. Olesen might have resulted in another goal for patronite. However, 一. 武田 (Takeda) made a spectacular save. After 60 minutes a well-practised indirect free kick routine by patronite was easily anticipated by the defenders. The players forward were so well marked, they were left with few viable options. patronite's M. Vahrigyan skillfully knocked a pass over the top after 69 minutes, and that was received by S. Surzhenko who just managed to slot it past the opposing goalkeeper for 6 - 0. patronite increased the lead as V. Niţu struck to make the score 7 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. The fierce heat made it important to save breath, and after a few swift runs N. Dolina found it hard to get back into position. patronite put themselves up 8 - 0 when C. Mitrev broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. After 86 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and V. Niţu gave the patronite supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 9 - 0. This third goal completed a hattrick for V. Niţu. Several players seemed a little dazed by the warm weather, and were repeatedly tricked by the clever and agile K. Olesen. Possession in this half belonged to patronite, who controlled the ball 86 percent of the time.

S. Surzhenko performed admirably for patronite. On the other hand, T. Drielsma's play was disheartening. Most important Hofuso player was 多. 杉浦 (Sugiura). However, V. Cimovski made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 9 - 0.