Boti 0 - 1 skaistuļi (381506099)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 37215 to Arena closed. Tariq Al-Shareef was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Hylke Bonten and Brandon MacCooish. Boti started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. Lineup: Smukulis - Paixão, Merzoni, Taylor - Linaje, Teodorini, Tjørnild, Valdeliso - van den Bosch, Mehir, Salvatici.

A 5-3-2 alignment was the formation of choice for skaistuļi. The following players had been chosen: Frkić - Surić, Chekmarev, Maticins, Kronbergs, Aalbers - Hanerva, Katz, Oppelt - Ivanov, Zacharenios.

G. Smukulis looked great 17 minutes into the match after stopping a shot from the middle of the penalty area from the visitors' V. Ivanov. Down the middle came V. Ivanov, making a fantastic play that nearly had skaistuļi take the lead after 23 minutes, but G. Smukulis preserved the tie. skaistuļi's J. Oppelt could have put the guests one up after 36 minutes after chasing a through ball from the right, but G. Smukulis was as fast as a snake, grabbing the ball from under his nose. 0 - 0 was the halftime score. Boti had most of the ball, with 51 percent of possession.

The visiting D. Surić was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 51 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 0 - 1 was the score. J. Oppelt could have put his team up another goal 76 minutes into the game, after a rush down the left, but his closing shot hit the post. This part of the game was a standoff between the teams in terms of possession.

Boti's top performer was clearly G. Merzoni. P. Salvatici turned in a dismal performance, however. V. Ivanov performed admirably for skaistuļi. V. Kronbergs on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 1.