Lachapelle 1 - 2 nickeles (385898236)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 31560 at L.A. STADIUM today. Ville Grönlund was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Juan Miguel Marañón and Jack Ebeling. Lachapelle decided to use a 4-5-1 set up. The following players took the field: Lecocq - Pinatel, Collins, Sukhov, Pavani - Hardy, Kirchhoff, Toussaint, Herkner, Anaut - Naraliev.

A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for nickeles. The following players had been chosen: Kääriä - Ramos, Dommer-Toft, Sierra - Faria, Musalem, Soto, Wartensleben - Hasna, Mathieu, Vilar.

After a fine move down the middle A. Naraliev nearly gave the home side a goal after 1 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. Good work by the nickeles defensive line after 2 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found O. Hasna alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. Lachapelle were very close to putting themselves one up after 20 minutes as C. Hardy got through on the left, but failing in concentration, he shot the ball wide. nickeles took the lead 21 minutes into the game, making the score 0 - 1 after some elegant movement down the middle. F. Sierra was the scorer. It was 0 - 1 at the break. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Lachapelle, with 56 percent of the ball.

F. Sierra of nickeles was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. After 60 minutes, the defensive line of Lachapelle created a counterattack through the middle that gave J. Toussaint a good look at the goal, but his shot glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. 69 minutes into the match, Lachapelle's A. Naraliev maneuvered his way around the opposition on the left flank, delighting the crowd with his twists and turns. The effort paid off as the ball found the back of the net, evening the score at 1 - 1. 1 - 2 was the score with 75 minutes played, after A. Faria cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for nickeles. 83 minutes into the game, C. Hardy came close to levelling the score with a dangerous shot from the centre of the area that went just over the bar. Possession in this half belonged to Lachapelle, who controlled the ball 61 percent of the time.

Lachapelle's best player was A. Naraliev. N. Sukhov was a disappointment, however. The most dominating nickeles player was without a doubt R. Soto. S. Kääriä turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 2.