Östrastrandens 10 - 0 Ranger (388168360)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 30299 at Strandens Arena today. Conny Fredblad was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Johnny Vermaat and David Bormann. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Östrastrandens. The following players took the field: Pagkratis - Samarin, Lagonikakis, Bohquist - Barbier, Snoeij, Joosse, Adelflod, Herdahl - De Franco, Knutsson.

Ranger decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Bernbom - Kastelic, Ackeret, Lid - Johansson, Aspenstad, Abpakhshi, Bengtsson, Faltorp - Marra, Igelbom.

Today, Östrastrandens's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. It was an obvious ambition of Ranger to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. After 11 minutes, N. Herdahl came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 1 - 0, giving Östrastrandens the lead. Having been awarded a free kick in an awkward position after 30 minutes, Östrastrandens did not go for a shot but instead fired the ball hard into the 6 yard box. After a brief tussle with his marker, F. Lagonikakis was able to power the ball past the keeper to make the score 2 - 0. C. Barbier looked to be heading one way when he unexpectedly passed the ball to N. Herdahl. The move caught everyone off-guard, including his teammate, who panicked and kicked the ball out of play by accident. Things were deteriorating for the away team as Östrastrandens scored another to make it 3 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for V. Knutsson after 38 minutes. The Östrastrandens players could smell victory in the air. R. Adelflod wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for C. Gottman after 38 minutes. By now, the players in Östrastrandens felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. Östrastrandens managed to extend their lead to 4 - 0 when C. Barbier cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. Attacking on the wings was the choice for Östrastrandens, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. After 43 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and V. Samarin gave the Östrastrandens supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 5 - 0. 5 - 0 was the halftime score. Östrastrandens had most of the ball, with 68 percent of possession.

After 60 minutes, Ranger switched K. Johansson with I. Talanti, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. With 65 minutes played, Östrastrandens put themselves up 6 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to N. Herdahl, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. With 70 minutes played, the Ranger coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. Ş. Ökçe came on, B. Igelbom had to leave the fray. V. Knutsson increased the lead for Östrastrandens to 7 - 0, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! Östrastrandens were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. Östrastrandens put themselves up 8 - 0 when G. De Franco broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. Östrastrandens's D. Bohquist increased the lead to 9 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 75 minutes. 83 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as V. Knutsson broke through, making the score 10 - 0 for Östrastrandens. This third goal completed a hattrick for V. Knutsson. Possession in this half belonged to Östrastrandens, who controlled the ball 69 percent of the time.

The most dominating Östrastrandens player was without a doubt V. Knutsson. C. Gottman on the other hand, had a terrible day. A. Marra performed admirably for Ranger. I. Talanti turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 10 - 0.