BAIK 2 - 2 Migrators (388103327)

52294 spectators arrived at EventArena Bergsvallen, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Brett Dubose was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Andrea Ruperti and Mariano Zono. BAIK decided to use a 2-5-3 set up. They fielded: Nicastro - Sahlbratt, Malmen - Kolík, Decembrino, Stjernlind, Västilä, Ivarsson - Risskär, Everborn, Bazan.

Migrators tactics involved an interesting 5-5-0 combination. The following players took the field: Wallgård - Flembach, Saar, Derveld, Toring, Troviscal - Podsiadlik, Fustini, Paulista, Rapado, Bernečić -.

BAIK saw most attack opportunities on the wings. Migrators were determined to use their long shot ability. Migrators succeeded with their tactics after 15 minutes faking a cross into the penalty area, but instead passing a short side pass back to S. Derveld who met the ball directly with his outstretched foot. The hard long shot touched the keeper's finger tips, but it wasn't enough to stop it from going in. 0 - 1. After 20 minutes Migrators showed the crowd a glorious passing play which put C. Podsiadlik in a perfect shooting position. His low hard shot was just as glorious, placed just inside the keeper's right post making it 0 - 2. Confident in their lead, Migrators's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. The referee showed Migrators's L. Flembach the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. E. Nicastro of BAIK had to be helped off the pitch as an injury meant he was unable to finish the game. P. Eggsjö came in to finish the match. M. Sahlbratt was handed the BAIK captain's armband. The home side worked hard to get through the middle and as a result, had a good chance of getting one back as K. Kolík tried lifting the ball over keeper M. Wallgård. Unfortunately, the ball went just over the bar. BAIK reduced the lead to 1 - 2 with 29 minutes on the clock when L. Risskär got the best of a ball floated in from the left. BAIK's L. Risskär put his head to a well placed ball, lifted in from the left, and scored to make the score 2 - 2 with 30 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 2. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by BAIK, with 52 percent of the ball.

Migrators's G. Paulista was shown a yellow card after 53 minutes for slicing down an opponent. A. Everborn of BAIK was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. 70 minutes into the game, BAIK wanted to bring some new energy to their game. A. Everborn gave L. Persson a quick hug as he left the field. Coming in from the right, BAIK had a good opportunity to convert on a counterattack after 74 minutes, but F. Bazan's attempt to finish was easily stopped. As the 79 minute mark approached, the Migrators coach decided it was time for a substitution. C. Podsiadlik reluctantly made way for H. Meiss on the pitch. F. Rapado was the new captain of Migrators - handed the armband by the departing player. BAIK claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 51 percent.

F. Bazan performed admirably for BAIK. However, P. Eggsjö made a disastrous appearance. Migrators's top performer was clearly F. Rapado. On the other hand, H. Meiss's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 2.