Tarakonai 2 - 0 incorporated (383715820)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and FBR Tarakonu Arena saw a crowd turnout of 36000. Gilberto Levesque was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Antoni Gmiter and Arne Tjäderbrant. The derby had been the talk of Vilnius all week and fans of both teams could be seen throughout the stadium. Tarakonai decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. They fielded: Burvis - Capatti, Klimpel, Giovanardi - Snooijink, Tennyson, Nolen, Prokushev, Fresta - Zaharia, Qannad.

incorporated had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Starters: Amsalem - Torquemada, Läfvenbratt, Yordanov - Meldys, Petrişor, Zdravković, Hormann, Moriakinas - Agronomenko, Pons.

Today, Tarakonai's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, P. Snooijink scored for Tarakonai putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 33 minutes. The home side's Y. Prokushev came close to extending the lead 35 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but R. Amsalem managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. incorporated's J. Torquemada was shown a yellow card after 38 minutes for slicing down an opponent. After 42 minutes a very unfortunate collision in the penalty area led to Tarakonai's P. Snooijink being carried off the pitch and replaced by F. Stepanovičius. Halftime score was 1 - 0. Tarakonai claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 57 percent.

Tarakonai solidified their lead at the 77 minute mark, as J. Klimpel dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 2 - 0. Players in Tarakonai heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. Possession in this half belonged to Tarakonai, who controlled the ball 56 percent of the time.

Tarakonai's top performer was clearly B. Nolen. F. Stepanovičius on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important incorporated player was O. Agronomenko. However, R. Amsalem made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 0.