Sirsenis 9 - 0 QUERCUS (381529507)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 17168 had shown up at Cirsmas Čūskulājs for the match. Ebbe Ipsen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Fernand Laot and Kurt Albert. Sirsenis decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. They fielded: Keresztury - Rapša, Odegov, Carabalí, Pervushin - Liepkalns, Banaszak, Gensini, Joštiak - Bluķis, Sippula.

QUERCUS tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Lineup: Švēde - Taukacs, Zariņš, Dombrovskis, Kokainis - Jamborski, Gorlinskiy, Freimanis, Plostiņš - Cena, Martynenka.

The home side put themselves ahead 1 - 0 after 17 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from D. Gensini, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. Sirsenis's D. Joštiak increased the lead to 2 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 36 minutes. 38 minutes into the game, Sirsenis were awarded a penalty that D. Bluķis turned into 3 - 0 without a problem. Sirsenis solidified their lead at the 40 minute mark, as I. Carabalí dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 4 - 0. M. Sippula could have put Sirsenis up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 41 minutes. Halftime score was 4 - 0. Sirsenis had most of the ball, with 78 percent of possession.

Things were going to get worse for the visitors. D. Bluķis squirmed through their central defence after 47 minutes, increasing the lead to 5 - 0. Confident in their lead, Sirsenis's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. Sirsenis's T. Odegov was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 50 minutes. After 67 minutes, M. Sippula put Sirsenis ahead 6 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. With 68 minutes played, Sirsenis put themselves up 7 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to M. Sippula, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Sirsenis's D. Joštiak increasing the lead to 8 - 0. A well-executed free kick by D. Bluķis after 79 minutes made it 9 - 0 for Sirsenis. This third goal completed a hattrick for D. Bluķis. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Sirsenis, with 83 percent of the ball.

The most dominating Sirsenis player was without a doubt W. Banaszak. T. Odegov on the other hand, had a terrible day. M. Freimanis performed admirably for QUERCUS. E. Zariņš turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 9 - 0.