vvvikers 6 - 0 Chashkino (387201481)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 51096 at vvvikers home today. Stefan Mistelbauer was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Camillo Rosini and Alexej Nejedlý. vvvikers tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. Starters: Reinisch - Eriksson, Basset, Stănculescu - Marjeta, Shantsev, Bass, Koszel - Bataillard, Marcus, Vasil.

Chashkino decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: van Peppen - Attard, Hohnsberg, Sokk - Łuczyński, Pirozzi, Alberti, Labisz, Kuksenko - Lejaer, Leggieri.

vvvikers created a good opportunity to score 10 minutes into the match when G. Shantsev's hooked ball from the left created a scuffle in front of the goal, and the visitors' defenders had a hard time clearing the ball. G. Zanolari was called on to replace Chashkino's P. Hohnsberg after 30 minutes following a nasty collision. Down the middle came T. Lejaer, making a fantastic play that nearly had Chashkino take the lead after 32 minutes, but C. Reinisch preserved the tie. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to K. Bataillard, but the vvvikers player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0! Chashkino's G. van Peppen refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 40 minutes. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. L. Bass squirmed through their central defence after 41 minutes, increasing the lead to 2 - 0. It was 2 - 0 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to vvvikers, who controlled the ball 53 percent of the time.

55 minutes in, R. Łuczyński made an incredible run up the middle and nearly reduced the home side's lead, but C. Reinisch refused to let the ball slip by him. V. Stănculescu could have put vvvikers up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 63 minutes. 64 minutes in, vvvikers's G. Shantsev received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. With 69 minutes played, vvvikers put themselves up 3 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to L. Eriksson, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. The score became 4 - 0 at 70 minutes into the game, when vvvikers were given a penalty which G. Basset blasted straight down the middle giving the keeper no chance! After 75 minutes, vvvikers's G. Basset found the back of the goal with a beautiful free kick. 5 - 0. By now, the players in vvvikers felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in vvvikers's G. Shantsev increasing the lead to 6 - 0. vvvikers claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 53 percent.

Most important vvvikers player was G. Shantsev. On the other hand, W. Koszel's play was disheartening. Chashkino's top performer was clearly A. Leggieri. However, G. Zanolari made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 6 - 0.