Torpedo 7 - 0 Unit (381506698)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 45969 at Camp Torpedo today. Stefan Svensson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Otto Salo and Carl Håheim. All of Rīga was shut down for the day, as fans of both clubs came to the derby. Torpedo tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Gennadiev - Šulcs, Tornos, Gunnarsson - Angern, Dosen, Bite, Vărzaru, Gerstlauer - Pozo, Engelen.

Unit started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. They fielded: Ozols - Rubenis, Valentinov, Kalnenieks, Lācis - Sproģis, Teglev, Bulmanis, Minchak - Sukhovey, Vigulis.

The home side put themselves ahead 1 - 0 after 6 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from J. Angern, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. After 26 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by M. Gunnarsson might have resulted in another goal for Torpedo. However, S. Ozols made a spectacular save. After 30 minutes, the Torpedo players received new instructions from their manager on how to keep in control of the game. Torpedo solidified their lead at the 33 minute mark, as M. Gunnarsson dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 2 - 0. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Torpedo to 3 - 0 as M. Gunnarsson finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. After 39 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and A. Pozo gave the Torpedo supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 4 - 0. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Torpedo lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Torpedo put themselves up 5 - 0 when A. Pozo broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. It was 5 - 0 at the break. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Torpedo, with 83 percent of the ball.

After 52 minutes Torpedo's M. Gunnarsson contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. The score became 6 - 0 at 53 minutes into the game, when Torpedo were given a penalty which T. Gerstlauer blasted straight down the middle giving the keeper no chance! L. Engelen should probably have put his team up another goal after 60 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by S. Ozols kept the visitors in the game. T. Gerstlauer increased the lead for Torpedo to 7 - 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! M. Gunnarsson had a fantastic opportunity to put Torpedo up another goal 77 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. 81 minutes into the game, Torpedo seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a passable level of organisation. Torpedo enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 84 percent of possession.

Most important Torpedo player was L. Engelen. M. Gunnarsson was a disappointment, however. Unit's best player was V. Teglev. However, S. Ozols made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 7 - 0.