palloilijat 0 - 4 Hongiston (385521312)

Clouds darkened the skies at Ratinan Stadion as 15329 spectators turned up for the match. Rafael Aldana Amaya was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Micky Bashari and Fouad El Bouazzaoui. palloilijat had chosen a strategic 5-4-1 formation. Lineup: Leppikoski - Bonka, Domingues Silva, Lommi, Usarek, Lebeau - Lemström, Penttilä, Ukkola, Lehmus - Ruohonen.

Hongiston tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Sadık - Strachota, Anokić, Spenninger - Roitto, Radin, Aharonov, Pironkov, Clephas - Vranovský, Begić.

It was obvious that palloilijat were using their pressing skill as their primary tactic. Hongiston's N. Spenninger left the field after 29 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was I. Gribi. Hongiston's C. Radin gave the visitors a 0 - 1 lead after 30 minutes with a superb strike from the right. Hongiston had to manage with a reduced squad after 32 minutes, as D. Begić got sent off for a needless foul away from the game's action. With 39 minutes played, I. Vranovský nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. 0 - 1 was the halftime score. Hongiston claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 57 percent.

51 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 2 as I. Gribi finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. The home crowd was not impressed when T. Aharonov came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 71 minutes. Hongiston were now up 0 - 3. The players of Hongiston now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. 83 minutes in, Hongiston's I. Vranovský received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. A loud groan was heard from the fans of palloilijat, as M. Leppikoski left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. J. Pardo Melón took his place on the field. The visitors' I. Vranovský took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 85 minutes into the match. 0 - 4 for Hongiston. Possession in this half belonged to Hongiston, who controlled the ball 61 percent of the time.

The most dominating palloilijat player was without a doubt J. Pardo Melón. B. Domingues Silva was a disappointment, however. Most important Hongiston player was I. Vranovský. I. Gribi on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 4.