Kultakenkä 0 - 8 Valtakunta (385584718)

8027 punters turned up at Nahkastadion, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Teo Susanu was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Enrico De Vitis and Stanislav Marek. Kultakenkä started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. They fielded: Perez Fernandez - Frajt, Mettier, Delaloye, Ucum - Boga, Pullinen, Alila, Hyseni - Tegelberg, Gasponi.

Valtakunta tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Starters: Di Caro - Knechtli, Osmani, George, Konyarski - Sroczyński, Vezzani, Möllerner, Presser - Strautiņš, Soysan.

Kultakenkä took a creative approach on the field. Valtakunta displayed their ability to play creatively. After 10 minutes, Valtakunta's S. George made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 0 - 1. 28 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 2 as P. Möllerner finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Valtakunta lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Kultakenkä's J. Pullinen left the field after 32 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was L. Kaukanen. The visitors' L. Osmani took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 34 minutes into the match. 0 - 3 for Valtakunta. The visitors added to their lead 36 minutes into the game, after a sensational penalty kick by Valtakunta's H. Sroczyński slid just past the home keeper. 0 - 4. After 39 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for H. Sroczyński who increased Valtakunta's lead to 0 - 5. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 5. Valtakunta had most of the ball, with 64 percent of possession.

J. Perez Fernandez got a fingertip on A. Knechtli's shot from the left 57 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. After 61 minutes Valtakunta's A. Strautiņš limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. The home crowd was not impressed when H. Sroczyński came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 71 minutes. Valtakunta were now up 0 - 6. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for H. Sroczyński. Kultakenkä had to make a substitution after 72 minutes. B. Boga limped off the field and was replaced by T. Töyräs. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave Á. Presser from Valtakunta a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 78 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! L. Kaukanen of Kultakenkä had to be helped off the pitch as an injury meant he was unable to finish the game. V. Kaattari came in to finish the match. A. Strautiņš received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 81 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 7. The Valtakunta fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. C. Soysan increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 8. Valtakunta enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 67 percent of possession.

Most important Kultakenkä player was T. Tegelberg. However, C. Ucum made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating Valtakunta player was without a doubt D. Vezzani. M. Di Caro was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 8.