Tuppura 5 - 2 jukola (385537502)

43134 punters turned up at FC Tuppura Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Laurent Dubost was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Mickaël Coulon and Cédric Vincent. A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Tuppura. The following players had been chosen: Sandt - Nistor, Grandi Tognacci, Håggågjerdet - Baysel, de Haard, Ghinzani, Shih Fu - De Wael, Pakarinen, Starck.

jukola decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players took the field: Furbatto - Ruiz del Arco, Möhle, Durand - Dittmann, Malherbe, Marlet, Valdéz, Boehm - Bandi, Antepazo.

Tuppura seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. The referee signaled a penalty for the home side after 2 minutes, amid vocal protests from the visitors. Tuppura fans erupted in celebration as B. De Wael rifled the ball into the the top corner. 1 - 0! M. Durand finished off a quick charge from the left of the field by chipping the ball just past the home side's keeper, making the score 1 - 1 5 minutes into the match. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave K. Möhle from jukola a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 13 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Tuppura's L. Shih Fu had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 14 minutes having been played. M. Borg was the replacement. The goal for 1 - 2 was a funny story: after 15 minutes the seemingly nonchalant lob from jukola's H. Malherbe landed at the feet of C. Antepazo who sidefooted it into the net - nice goal! The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 2. Tuppura had most of the ball, with 52 percent of possession.

Proving his experience, T. Starck scored 2 - 2 for Tuppura after putting some pressure on the opposing defence at a critical moment. 71 minutes into the match and the home team took a 3 - 2 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for Tuppura was M. Borg. Tuppura's N. Ghinzani got himself booked for a foul. Cheers filled the stadium as B. De Wael broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 4 - 2 to Tuppura. Tuppura solidified their lead at the 80 minute mark, as M. Borg dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 5 - 2. Possession in this half belonged to Tuppura, who controlled the ball 53 percent of the time.

P. Pakarinen performed admirably for Tuppura. M. Borg turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important jukola player was C. Antepazo. T. Furbatto was a disappointment, however. The match ends 5 - 2.