KaaPS 3 - 1 FC_Leki (385488846)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Keskuskenttä saw a crowd turnout of 52729. Simon Kaiser was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Arend Verver and Severino Maraví. KaaPS had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. They fielded: Näs - Doria, Irazábal, Comallonga, Knab - Junnila, Viksilä, Sjöroos, Hoppu, Karjalainen - Fusina.

FC_Leki started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Melvasalo - Kaarela, Cufré, Sukia - Weißensteiner, Fabozzi, Aouadhi, Çaylak - Lagonegro, Salzkotten, Pignolet.

The wings were the focus of most of KaaPS's attacks today. FC_Leki used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. KaaPS fans held their breath as L. Fusina scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 1 - 0! 23 minutes into the game FC_Leki's J. Weißensteiner found a gap in the home side's central defence and scored with a fabulous shot, making it 1 - 1. 28 minutes of the match played, and a comedy of errors by the home side gave the visitors a chance at the lead, but F. Pignolet, after finding himself dashing down on goal from the left with only the keeper to beat, sliced his shot horribly wide. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, H. Karjalainen scored for KaaPS putting them ahead 2 - 1, after 29 minutes. Halftime score was 2 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by FC_Leki, with 51 percent of the ball.

The bench was restless, and with 57 minutes passed FC_Leki's coach gave A. Lana the opportunity the player had been hoping for. N. Cufré reluctantly left the field. F. Fabozzi was the new captain of FC_Leki - handed the armband by the departing player. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, FC_Leki's N. Çaylak was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 61 minutes. W. Mężykowski was given a chance to change things around. KaaPS almost scored after a swift counterattack 63 minutes into the game, but H. Karjalainen put the shot from the left flank just outside the goal. As F. Fabozzi had, completely unprovoked, swept the legs out from under an opponent in front of a linesman, the referee gave the FC_Leki player a red card without batting an eyelid. As the captain was no longer on the pitch, A. Lana took over the role of being the FC_Leki captain. After 79 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and T. Hoppu gave the KaaPS supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 3 - 1. KaaPS enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 55 percent of possession.

Most important KaaPS player was L. Fusina. M. Irazábal on the other hand, had a terrible day. FC_Leki's top performer was clearly K. Salzkotten. However, A. Lana made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 1.