Randiga 3 - 1 Eskelinen (388104374)

The crowd of 36628 turning up at De Randiga Blå Arena today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Tobias Skov was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Pietro Moro and Juan Vigneri. Randiga started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Manfredini - Moldskred, 任风 (Renfeng) , Schaffers - Grzesik, Gecele, Johansson, Fjällby, Gogean - Schipperheyn, Golba.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Eskelinen. They fielded: Zubiaga - Polsterer, Edskog, Iordache - Trybuła, Mor, Tryggvesson, Sturbusch, Haraldsson - Ionescu, Balerdi.

The home side put themselves ahead 1 - 0 after 5 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from D. Grzesik, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. M. Trybuła made one of his many fine passes from the wing into the middle 7 minutes into the match. P. Ionescu bravely attempted to execute a diving header and the ball was met firmly with his forehead for Eskelinen. 1 - 1. 10 minutes into the game, E. Mor almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. Randiga took the lead 11 minutes into the game by 2 - 1, as T. Gogean elegantly received a long range pass through the middle, finishing off with a half-volley shot just below the bar. 15 minutes in, Randiga's 周. 任风 (Renfeng) received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Due to a severely mistimed tackle, V. Iordache of Eskelinen spent some time on the grass writhing in agony before he could get up and continue the game. Randiga's C. Fjällby increased the lead to 3 - 1, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 26 minutes. The players of Randiga now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. Randiga had a great opportunity to score following a counterattack after 33 minutes, but T. Gogean's shot from the left sailed high over the bar. After 43 minutes Eskelinen's S. Zubiaga limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. Halftime score was 3 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to Randiga, who controlled the ball 60 percent of the time.

R. Schaffers could have increased the lead after 60 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. Randiga's C. Fjällby saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 62 minutes. Randiga enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 59 percent of possession.

The most dominating Randiga player was without a doubt J. Schipperheyn. On the other hand, T. Gogean's play was disheartening. Eskelinen's top performer was clearly M. Trybuła. V. Iordache was a disappointment, however. The match ends 3 - 1.