Arguss 0 - 4 Buccaneers (381510526)

12000 punters turned up at Multihalle Arguss, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Elek Ködöböcz was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Patrício Robledo and Ad Wellock. Arguss started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. Lineup: Chibrikov - Cēmeris, Zeiliņš, Zeņķis, Asariņš - Bėlskas, Kupriyanov, Lops, Adiņš - Teicāns, Tūtāns.

Buccaneers tactics involved an interesting 5-4-1 combination. They fielded: Lemnitskiy - Kraulis, Zārds, Liepiņš, Roze, Kalniņš - Geenens, Bochkur, Stikāns, Sacco - Butkevich.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Buccaneers. Arguss's G. Teicāns left the field after 8 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was K. Slonim. A badly positioned defensive formation on a free kick after 9 minutes led to Buccaneers's S. Butkevich giving the visitors the lead 0 - 1. The referee showed Arguss's G. Kupriyanov the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. With 28 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed A. Kalniņš of Buccaneers to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 2. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 2. Buccaneers had most of the ball, with 72 percent of possession.

With 62 minutes played, Buccaneers put themselves up 0 - 3 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was M. Sacco. After this, you could see that the players of Buccaneers were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. Always a threat, K. Slonim tore past his marker and placed the ball right at the feet of the waiting R. Tūtāns who should have easily scored for Arguss, but the ball went wide. 72 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 4 as O. Bochkur finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. Good work by the Arguss defensive line after 74 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found U. Adiņš alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. Buccaneers's O. Bochkur was shown a yellow card after 75 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Buccaneers claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 73 percent.

Arguss's best player was R. Tūtāns. U. Adiņš turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important Buccaneers player was O. Bochkur. S. Butkevich on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 4.