zvejnieki 1 - 2 Slokas (381508384)

It had rained all day, but 34093 hardy fans still made it out to Dagdas sporta pils. Axel Geisenhofer was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Juan Jesús Montoro and Alfredo Gortari. zvejnieki had chosen a strategic 5-3-2 formation. They fielded: Antunac - Veiks, Galambos, Schaeffer, Tómasson, Congiu - Perheenniemi, Ratz, Preenen - Laborda, Ben-Gigi.

Slokas tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Dzenis - Leibold, Vēriņš, von Häfen - Pernin, Spiro, Caerts, Mākonis, Jākobsons - Putāns, Jurāns.

zvejnieki clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. After 23 minutes, Slokas's J. Leibold fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! 30 minutes of the match played, and a comedy of errors by the home side gave the visitors a chance at the lead, but A. Putāns, after finding himself dashing down on goal from the left with only the keeper to beat, sliced his shot horribly wide. zvejnieki's defence sent a ball soaring up the middle on a beautiful counterattack with 36 minutes gone, but E. Ben-Gigi's finish was met by the reaching hands of the keeper. Slokas's I. Jurāns could have put the guests one up after 39 minutes after chasing a through ball from the right, but B. Antunac was as fast as a snake, grabbing the ball from under his nose. It was 0 - 0 at the break. Slokas enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 58 percent of possession.

Y. Schaeffer was having a great game - if anything the pouring rain seemed to be spurring him on! Almost all the way down to the corner flag, Slokas's J. Jākobsons somehow managed to get a perfect pass into the middle, impossible to miss for A. Putāns, who struck for 0 - 1. A. Putāns came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle. He tried to lift the ball over B. Antunac but overcooked it and hit the bar instead. zvejnieki equalised after 85 minutes after a brilliantly placed penalty by S. Perheenniemi. R. Preenen was ever so close to scoring after an excellent corner was beautifully flicked on by Y. Schaeffer, but the ball bounced off the post to safety. Slokas's M. Caerts managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 88 minutes. 1 - 2. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Slokas, with 60 percent of the ball.

Most important zvejnieki player was Y. Schaeffer. L. Laborda on the other hand, had a terrible day. Slokas's top performer was clearly I. Jurāns. On the other hand, D. Spiro's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 2.