Mazie 0 - 0 Metal (381550715)

The 12000 fans in attendance at Balti Arena were roasting in the hot sun. Roland Edvinsson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Sylvain Auroux and Niko Parviainen. Mazie decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Starters: Gvazava - Anushkevich, Roze, Bukstiņš, Petrov - Tauriņš, Liepa, Kiuru, Grods - Blūms, Draudiņš.

Metal tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. They fielded: Indrāns - Nomokonov, Mokichev, Faļēvičs, Riksītis - Skujiņš, Ikstēns, Sarkanplūme, Solomakhin - Zariņš, Lanskoy.

A. Grods of Mazie was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. Some great play up the middle by Mazie led to a chance for P. Liepa to score after 15 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. Unsportsmanlike behaviour by A. Grods rendered him his second booking of the match, and Mazie had to finish the game with a reduced squad. Metal's K. Ikstēns could have put the guests one up after 32 minutes after chasing a through ball from the right, but P. Gvazava was as fast as a snake, grabbing the ball from under his nose. Mazie's J. Tauriņš left the field after 38 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was G. Apša. 0 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Mazie, with 51 percent of the ball.

The sunny day didn't make things easy for G. Mokichev who didn't seem his usual powerful self on the pitch. 58 minutes into the match, Metal nearly took the lead, as V. Lanskoy broke through on the right. P. Gvazava made the save, however. 74 minutes in, Metal's M. Solomakhin received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. 75 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for Mazie to take the lead after a good cross from the right found J. Bukstiņš alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. 76 minutes into the game, K. Blūms had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came I. Babich. Possession in this half belonged to Mazie, who controlled the ball 53 percent of the time.

Most important Mazie player was M. Kiuru. I. Babich on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Metal player was without a doubt V. Lanskoy. On the other hand, P. Indrāns's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 0.