Kupsc 0 - 6 Savivaldiečiai (383717867)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Kelmai saw a crowd turnout of 12000. Manuel Haya was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ilie Nãstase and Rudis Ertelis. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Kupsc. The following players had been chosen: Kudzys - Pelešinas, Leiliūnas, Grevys, Adomkavičius - Barbaraušas, Prosniakovas, Sargelis, Liuftas - Laucaitis, Josevičius.

Savivaldiečiai started off with a 5-4-1 lineup. Starters: Smith - Tro, Langaitis, Sanz, Gily, Rossetti - Masson, Eberhard, Lassen, Sharkin - Rossi.

Today, Savivaldiečiai's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. The terraces were silenced after 35 minutes when Savivaldiečiai's F. Eberhard put the guests ahead 0 - 1, following an attack on the right. With 39 minutes played, F. Masson of Savivaldiečiai fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. After 40 minutes, Kupsc's J. Grevys fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! After the ball was lifted in from the left, S. Rossi was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 41 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. After 42 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for J. Langaitis who increased Savivaldiečiai's lead to 0 - 2. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Savivaldiečiai lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. 0 - 2 was the score after the first half. Savivaldiečiai claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 84 percent.

After 50 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed H. Gily to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 3. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, D. Leiliūnas got himself booked. The manager of Kupsc was not happy. With 63 minutes played, Savivaldiečiai put themselves up 0 - 4 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was F. Eberhard. Kupsc's M. Pelešinas was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 65 minutes. After 82 minutes, Savivaldiečiai sent a free kick in high over the penalty box. In what looked like a well-rehearsed move, the ball was headed backwards and reached H. Gily, who had plenty of space to place a well aimed shot - 0 - 5. After 83 minutes, Savivaldiečiai's F. Eberhard burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 6. That made three goals for F. Eberhard and he was marked down for the hat trick. Savivaldiečiai enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 88 percent of possession.

The most dominating Kupsc player was without a doubt G. Laucaitis. However, K. Kudzys made a disastrous appearance. Savivaldiečiai's top performer was clearly G. Rossetti. R. Sharkin turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 6.