Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and
Kalasin FC. Stadium saw a crowd turnout of 50901.
Gilberto Thibaud was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Will Tolson and
Joakim Hörnborg.
All of
Bangkok was shut down for the day, as fans of both clubs came to the derby.
KALASIN started off with a 4-3-3 lineup.
They fielded: Morup-Petersen - Papaloukas, Ragnblad, Faro, Gaćeša - Matthiesen, Hofer, Jevtić - Debon, Andersson, Silva Carneiro.
hat tactics involved an interesting 5-3-2 combination.
Starters: Neyskens - Segredo, Artaud, Nilsen, Warpechowski, Celma - Woertman, Le Mée, Amaral - Castro, Apostol.
KALASIN mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle.
hat clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could.
J. Matthiesen acted foolishly after 32 minutes, giving the ball up to hat's
N. Apostol who had no trouble finding the back of the net. 0 - 1.
hat almost scored after a swift counterattack 36 minutes into the game, but
S. Segredo put the shot from the left flank just outside the goal.
37 minutes into the game, hat seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to
inadequate.
KALASIN's
P. Ragnblad made a successful breakthrough on the left after 38 minutes and should have levelled the score, but instead he clipped it over the bar.
hat mounted an inspired counterattack down the right wing after 39 minutes, but
N. Apostol was unable to convert from short range.
hat's
B. Artaud was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 40 minutes.
A tussle 41 minutes into the match resulted in a penalty being awarded to the home team and
P. Ragnblad put the ball into the back of the net without any difficulty. That tied the score up at 1 - 1.
Halftime score was 1 - 1.
KALASIN claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 59 percent.
During the break, hat's coach went through the team's tactics yet again, getting them up to
solid organisation.
After 71 minutes, the defensive line of hat created a counterattack through the middle that gave
K. Warpechowski a good look at the goal, but his shot glanced harmlessly off the crossbar.
KALASIN had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks.
76 minutes into the game hat managed a counterattack, but
N. Apostol took a soft shot from the left flank that was easy prey for the alert keeper.
78 minutes in, hat appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only
passable.
Central attacks were the recipe of the day for KALASIN, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity.
80 minutes into the game,
J. Debon had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came
H. Olsson.
KALASIN enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 55 percent of possession.
The most dominating KALASIN player was without a doubt
L. Hofer.
D. Jevtić on the other hand, had a terrible day.
Most important hat player was
N. Apostol.
S. Segredo was a disappointment, however.
The match ends 1 - 1.