VihannesMestarit 6 - 0 tigers69 (385535654)

It was an exceptionally sunny day for the crowd of 37915 that came out to VihannesMestarit Arena. Ola Skoglund was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Engelbrecht Reitboeck and Jens Johansson. VihannesMestarit started off with a 5-4-1 lineup. Lineup: Korkee - Molkka, Vuorio, Laiho, Monto, Maja - Korkka, Paasimäki, Kontto, Bauder - Kleven.

tigers69 tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Jeftić - Sulonen, Läspä, Wasenius - Halse, Damsted, Soppa, Ulander, Poikkilinja - Nissgård, Treffinger.

Today, VihannesMestarit's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. It was a hot and sunny day, and several players seemed worn out. Maybe this was why A. Damsted found an unusual amount of space for his snappy footwork. VihannesMestarit took the lead 21 minutes into the game by 1 - 0, as A. Korkka elegantly received a long range pass through the middle, finishing off with a half-volley shot just below the bar. VihannesMestarit's J. Kontto placed the ball right at his teammate's feet after a corner, but K. Kleven couldn't finish. With 36 minutes played, VihannesMestarit put themselves up 2 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to J. Paasimäki, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. Players in VihannesMestarit heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. Things were deteriorating for the away team as VihannesMestarit scored another to make it 3 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for H. Monto after 38 minutes. 3 - 0 was the score after the first half. tigers69 claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 53 percent.

The sunny day didn't make things easy for M. Molkka who didn't seem his usual powerful self on the pitch. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. J. Kontto squirmed through their central defence after 76 minutes, increasing the lead to 4 - 0. VihannesMestarit put themselves up 5 - 0 when K. Kleven broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. The players of VihannesMestarit now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. The referee showed tigers69's A. Damsted the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. J. Paasimäki of VihannesMestarit had to be helped off the pitch as an injury meant he was unable to finish the game. T. Pylvinen came in to finish the match. K. Kleven increased the lead for VihannesMestarit to 6 - 0, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! Possession in this half belonged to tigers69, who controlled the ball 55 percent of the time.

VihannesMestarit's best player was K. Kleven. T. Pylvinen turned in a dismal performance, however. A. Damsted performed admirably for tigers69. P. Läspä was a disappointment, however. The match ends 6 - 0.