ANC 2 - 4 Crooks (385545881)

The 23783 fans in attendance at PölkkY StAdiOn were roasting in the hot sun. Thomas Almland was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Simen Kvalheim and Zoltán Somogyi. ANC tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. The following players had been chosen: Angelini - Sylka, 西村 (Nishimura), Pazdernik - Nyland, Sangro, Sundsvoll, Ćirić - Markó, Matalamäki, Krenner.

Crooks started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Zchut - do Barro, Ollinkoski, Adrover - Samsten, Kluj, Pohjanoksa, Scurtu, Jaaksola - Zanabria, Štetić.

It was obvious that ANC were using their pressing skill as their primary tactic. The visiting S. Štetić was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 11 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 0 - 1 was the score. With 17 minutes played, Crooks put themselves up 0 - 2 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was J. Zanabria. ANC reduced the lead to 1 - 2 with 32 minutes on the clock when N. Ćirić got the best of a ball floated in from the left. A. Markó made a superb strike after 33 minutes with a shot straight in front of the goal after a long ball through the middle, but one of the visitors' defenders got a foot in at the last second and warded it off for a corner. Crooks's M. Kluj got himself booked for a foul. Crooks's T. Jaaksola was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the opposition's box - S. Štetić managed to volley one of them into the net to make it 1 - 3 after 37 minutes. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Crooks lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Crooks's A. Pohjanoksa made it through the home team's defence on the right hand side 39 minutes into the match. After rounding the keeper, he only had to place the ball in the unguarded goal when a defender slid in and cleared the ball off the line. At this time in the match, ANC were using their skill at pressing to successfully stifle the game. It was 1 - 3 at the break. Crooks had most of the ball, with 52 percent of possession.

After the ball was lifted in from the left, T. Jaaksola was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 47 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. After 50 minutes, A. Samsten sent the corner kick right to M. Kluj who headed it sharply past the keeper. 1 - 4! With the scoreboard showing that 70 minutes had been played, Crooks nearly put themselves up another goal after S. Štetić came through on the left. Fortunately for the home crowd, the keeper made the save. 83 minutes into the game ANC broke through on the left wing and A. Markó managed to reduce the lead to 2 - 4. Neither team was controlling the possession at this point in the match, with the stats showing a 50:50 split.

Most important ANC player was A. Markó. On the other hand, F. Nyland's play was disheartening. L. Scurtu performed admirably for Crooks. E. Zchut on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 4.