MOKKIAISET 2 - 3 Maxbet (385484119)

It was an exceptionally sunny day for the crowd of 51597 that came out to TUSSUPALLOKENTTÄ. Lars-Erik Fredriksson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Miguel Ángel Valor and Kåre Pedersen. A 5-5-0 alignment was the formation of choice for MOKKIAISET. Starters: Lanzoni - Alsina, Busk, Pycz, Karlshafen, Arkania - Zartler, Okakura, Boccalatte, Lambert, Martinsen -.

Maxbet had chosen a strategic 5-3-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Papunen - Alonso, Pârâianu, Fazari, Gaztañeta, Rey - Vermierdt, Oton, Fiori - Jensen, Svanlund.

MOKKIAISET focused on getting players in position for long range shots. Maxbet clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. MOKKIAISET focused on finding shooting opportunities from distance and after 12 minutes T. Okakura fired off the big cannon, but the shot went sailing over the cross bar and into the car park. The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of Maxbet's A. Alonso after 15 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 0 - 1 lead. Maxbet's defence sent a ball soaring up the middle on a beautiful counterattack with 21 minutes gone, but M. Fazari's finish was met by the reaching hands of the keeper. Maxbet's M. Jensen proved that he's been around on a football pitch before, when he took advantage of a few moments of confusion in the opposition's defensive line and elegantly scored for 0 - 2. 0 - 2 was the halftime score. MOKKIAISET claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 64 percent.

The local team's free kick specialist V. Martinsen, reduced the away team's lead to 1 - 2 with a humdinger of a shot after 62 minutes. The sun seemed to put L. Svanlund in a great mood, and he showed off his technical skills all match long. The counterattack by Maxbet resulted in a free kick that M. Vermierdt bent under the crossbar - 1 - 3! At this point, it was obvious that the players of Maxbet lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, M. Oton got himself booked. The manager of Maxbet was not happy. Some mind-boggling play by J. Fiori almost resulted in a goal for MOKKIAISET, but L. Zartler's shot rebounded off the post. R. Busk held up a MOKKIAISET attack after 89 minutes, waited until L. Zartler was in shooting position, and then elegantly set him up. L. Zartler didn't disappoint his team mates, and from a distance he curled the ball with precision to the right of the keeper making it 2 - 3. MOKKIAISET enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 63 percent of possession.

The most dominating MOKKIAISET player was without a doubt B. Arkania. C. Lanzoni turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important Maxbet player was L. Svanlund. On the other hand, A. Papunen's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 3.