Chikens 4 - 1 Asassins92 (381546234)

It had rained all day, but 12000 hardy fans still made it out to New Yersy training Arena. Rinaldo Demartini was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Cojoncio Mouteira and Eduardo Torrent. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Chikens. Lineup: Bandars - Silciems, Freidenfelds, Gaudiņš, Zvonkov - Strazdiņš, Cirks, Shatkovskiy, Livshin - Busev, Kaziukėnas.

Asassins92 had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Omiņš - Rafikov, Andersons, Targovich, Jurgensons - Kreivėnas, Urmanis, Rozentāls, Timmanis - Sidorin, Tramdaks.

V. Rozentāls was struggling to make the ball dance with his usual trickery and panache, and the opposing players had little trouble shutting him down in these muddy conditions. 3 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for Chikens was V. Kaziukėnas. A. Strazdiņš's early cross saw the defenders caught out of position and the alert V. Busev was able to pounce and roll the ball past the hapless goalkeeper to score for Chikens. 2 - 0. After 28 minutes, M. Gaudiņš put Chikens ahead 3 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. After this, you could see that the players of Chikens were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. R. Radchenko was called on to replace Chikens's J. Bandars after 35 minutes following a nasty collision. Chikens's A. Silciems struck his penalty well enough to beat the goalkeeper and extend the home team's lead to 4 - 0 after 36 minutes. Asassins92 reduced the lead after 39 minutes to 4 - 1 as S. Sidorin easily chipped the ball past the home side's keeper after a dazzling play from the right. With 41 minutes played, V. Kaziukėnas could have brought this one home for Chikens as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. With the clock showing 43 minutes played, a great pass from the defensive line of Asassins92 resulted in a counterattack that was smoothly brought under control by S. Sidorin in the centre of the opposition's penalty area, but his finish went high. The teams went for the halftime break at 4 - 1. Chikens claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 59 percent.

A. Urmanis could've grabbed a goal for Asassins92 74 minutes in when he got a pass from the left putting him free of the home side's defence, but he was unable to take advantage of the situation. 75 minutes in, Chikens's M. Gaudiņš received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. After 75 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by V. Busev might have resulted in another goal for Chikens. However, V. Omiņš made a spectacular save. Possession in this half belonged to Chikens, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

Chikens's top performer was clearly V. Kaziukėnas. R. Radchenko on the other hand, had a terrible day. A. Urmanis performed admirably for Asassins92. V. Omiņš turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 4 - 1.