R.C.Metsis 6 - 1 liverrys (385548902)

The 24703 fans in attendance at Tanttisen Stadion were roasting in the hot sun. Tasos Ftenopoulos was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Tommy Christiansson and Toni Särkkä. R.C.Metsis had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Oranen - Stadler, Scheiber, Loisel - Juuska, Kaunola, Meyssen, Chodnicki, Hamppula - Eilola, Solaun.

liverrys tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. They fielded: Lielacher - Rui, Guglielmi, Dotti - Nafarroa, Bäcklund, Tiilinen, Gesualdi - Limroth, Henne, Pelikan.

R.C.Metsis seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. liverrys used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to J. Juuska, but the R.C.Metsis player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0! Central attacks were the recipe of the day for R.C.Metsis, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. R.C.Metsis had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in R.C.Metsis's A. Eilola increasing the lead to 2 - 0. R.C.Metsis players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. After 18 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by K. Kaunola might have resulted in another goal for R.C.Metsis. However, M. Lielacher made a spectacular save. It was 2 - 0 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to R.C.Metsis, who controlled the ball 76 percent of the time.

R.C.Metsis managed to extend their lead to 3 - 0 when A. Eilola cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. A. Eilola sailed high above the opponents as he headed in a corner kick from P. Scheiber after 65 minutes of play, making the score 4 - 0. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for A. Eilola. After this, you could see that the players of R.C.Metsis were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. J. Juuska could have increased the lead after 73 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. liverrys's J. Bäcklund lived up to his reputation for finding unexpected ways to get the ball in the net when he sent a nifty little pass over to F. Gesualdi who finished for 4 - 1 with 75 minutes of the match played. A well-executed free kick by P. Scheiber after 85 minutes made it 5 - 1 for R.C.Metsis. After 88 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and K. Hamppula gave the R.C.Metsis supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 6 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by R.C.Metsis, with 75 percent of the ball.

R. Meyssen performed admirably for R.C.Metsis. S. Loisel turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating liverrys player was without a doubt D. Pelikan. However, E. Tiilinen made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 6 - 1.