Neatnāca 9 - 0 Airis (381505998)

46465 spectators had come to Neatnāca Arena this cloudy day. Mark Haesendonckx was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Corrado Gandolfi and Germain Guillard. Neatnāca decided to use a 4-5-1 set up. The following players had been chosen: Pârva - Mesas, Pypin, Najman, Hoeneveld - Donadeo, Geerlings, Delcour, Naumovs, Toti - Villalba.

Airis had chosen a strategic 3-4-2 formation. They fielded: Gaušelis - Veikšāns, Cherepenko, Mazelin - Cenčić, Paavilainen, Eināts, Teivāns - Virolaynen, Mereuţ.

Today, Neatnāca's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Neatnāca took the lead after 23 minutes as a result of J. Villalba's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 1 - 0. 25 minutes into the game, Airis had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to inadequate. N. Hoeneveld increased the lead for Neatnāca to 2 - 0, 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! By now, the players in Neatnāca felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. 27 minutes into the game, Neatnāca were awarded a penalty that G. Donadeo turned into 3 - 0 without a problem. The corner kick from G. Donadeo was powerfully met by the head of J. Delcour to make the score 4 - 0. Things were deteriorating for the away team as Neatnāca scored another to make it 5 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for A. Naumovs after 36 minutes. Neatnāca's J. Villalba had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 38 minutes having been played. A. Daukšts was the replacement. Halftime score was 5 - 0. Neatnāca had most of the ball, with 80 percent of possession.

During the break, Airis's coach went through the team's tactics yet again, getting them up to solid organisation. The home side's A. Naumovs came close to extending the lead 59 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but D. Gaušelis managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. 69 minutes into the game, Airis seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to passable. After 78 minutes, A. Naumovs put Neatnāca ahead 6 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. Airis's A. Teivāns was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 84 minutes. 85 minutes in, Airis appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only passable. Neatnāca increased the lead as J. Delcour struck to make the score 7 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Neatnāca to 8 - 0 as A. Pypin finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. Neatnāca managed to extend their lead to 9 - 0 when A. Mesas cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. Neatnāca enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 80 percent of possession.

A. Mesas performed admirably for Neatnāca. N. Toti on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Airis player was M. Paavilainen. However, R. Mazelin made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 9 - 0.