PPP 0 - 3 Escobar (385475510)

It had rained all day, but 22144 hardy fans still made it out to colosseum. Roffe Larsson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Augustin Řezáč and Teppo Nisukangas. A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for PPP. The following players took the field: Ukko - Heinl, Candia - Yiannakoglou, Ulanicki, Huuhka, Pogrebnyak, Malenšek - Kaipiala, Kinnunen, Marjetta.

Escobar had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Kääriä - Riissanen, Järvinen, Jacobsson - Erkkilä, Ågren, Mölsä, Meriruoko, Tuominiemi - Öhren, Metsäntaus.

Today, PPP's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Some good play on the left wing created an opportunity for the visitors 23 minutes into the match, and R. Tuominiemi wasn't about to let it go by. He got past the defenders and fired a shot that the keeper just missed. 0 - 1 for the visitors. T. Kinnunen 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. Players in PPP heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. PPP's E. Yiannakoglou put his head to a high ball coming in from the right after 43 minutes, but the ball went wide. The visitors' J. Mölsä took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 43 minutes into the match. 0 - 2 for Escobar. After this, you could see that the players of Escobar were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. Halftime score was 0 - 2. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Escobar, with 56 percent of the ball.

PPP's opponents know to be wary of A. Malenšek's speed, but it made little difference as he flew past the defence 61 minutes into the game. Only the keeper could stop him - and he did with a perfectly timed dive! Attacking on the wings was the choice for PPP, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. Some fine movement on the left led to a Escobar goal after 77 minutes, making it 0 - 3. T. Järvinen was noted down as the scorer. A. Malenšek did not have a good day today, often losing his footing on the muddy pitch. Possession in this half belonged to Escobar, who controlled the ball 58 percent of the time.

PPP's best player was M. Marjetta. However, C. Heinl made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating Escobar player was without a doubt K. Metsäntaus. T. Riissanen was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 3.