Zelta 7 - 2 Selonia (381505088)

52460 spectators arrived at Zelta Bumba Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Marcos Manjón was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Santiago Enguita and Artemio Oyarzún. Zelta started off with a 2-5-3 lineup. The following players took the field: Salomir - Kam, Doniks - Ledovskikh, Gil Negrete, Barunin, Bolers, Teski - Blomberg, Scrofolo, Mansoor.

A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Selonia. Starters: Tenberge - Nicolotti, Ķikusts, Jēkabsons, Maslov - Wetzl, Shashin, Suni, Jansons, Zommers - Naskali.

It was obvious that Selonia were using their pressing skill as their primary tactic. 5 minutes into the match, the speedy V. Wetzl easily outpaced B. Doniks, chipped the keeper and made the score 0 - 1. The crowd roared in delight as S. Mansoor finished off a spectacular series of passes through the middle to even the score for Zelta 7 minutes into the match. 1 - 1. Zelta broke through on the left 18 minutes into the game, with A. Blomberg firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 2 - 1 lead. A. Blomberg increased the lead for Zelta to 3 - 1, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! Cheers filled the stadium as S. Mansoor broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 4 - 1 to Zelta. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. A. Ledovskikh squirmed through their central defence after 37 minutes, increasing the lead to 5 - 1. The players of Zelta now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. There was concern in the stands when, at the 38 minute mark, Selonia's V. Wetzl hit the ground hard, but he refused the attention of the trainer and rejoined his teammates on the pitch. It was 5 - 1 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to Zelta, who controlled the ball 65 percent of the time.

With 47 minutes played, V. Bolers could have brought this one home for Zelta as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. The coach of Zelta was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 60 minutes, E. Klangander came on for C. Salomir. After 75 minutes, A. Naskali came close to reducing the score with a free kick aimed near the left post, but E. Klangander warded the ball off to a corner. In a rapid move 77 minutes into the match, V. Wetzl of Selonia lost his man and passed the ball to the unmarked A. Naskali who easily hit it home to make it 5 - 2. Luckily the ref didn't see him taunting the opposing fans in celebration - naughty boy! Things were deteriorating for the away team as Zelta scored another to make it 6 - 2 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for S. Mansoor after 83 minutes. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for S. Mansoor. S. Mansoor could have increased the lead after 85 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, M. Teski got himself booked. The manager of Zelta was not happy. Zelta increased the lead as S. Barunin struck to make the score 7 - 2 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. Zelta had most of the ball, with 68 percent of possession.

Most important Zelta player was V. Bolers. However, A. Ledovskikh made a disastrous appearance. Selonia's best player was J. Suni. C. Nicolotti on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 7 - 2.