sitoman 4 - 0 Lolin (391273074)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 28740 at duff Arena today. Keimpe Hoppe was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jorma Falkenstad and Georges Beucher. sitoman had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Starters: Puelma - Paterson, Falling, Ranft - Deveney, Jaśniewicz, Sánchez, Haro Esteban, de Carvalho - Ánh, Hurskainen.

Lolin tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Siles - Jarpa, Carpentier, Cutrono - Loos, Kubasch, Nørholt, Hensel, Tonel - Gunarsa, Becht.

For their match strategy, sitoman had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. It was an obvious ambition of Lolin to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. The home side put themselves ahead 1 - 0 after 3 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from J. Hurskainen, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. As G. Becht had, completely unprovoked, swept the legs out from under an opponent in front of a linesman, the referee gave the Lolin player a red card without batting an eyelid. After 17 minutes, sitoman were awarded a free kick. Rather than shooting straight at goal, the taker went for an indirect variant which seemed to take his team mates a bit by surprise. J. Hurskainen did attempt a finish, but from an awkward position, sending the ball into the away fans. The referee showed sitoman's M. Deveney the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. K. Paterson had a fantastic opportunity to put sitoman up another goal 25 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. 1 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by sitoman, with 68 percent of the ball.

60 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as J. Hurskainen broke through, making the score 2 - 0 for sitoman. With 65 minutes played, H. Ranft of sitoman fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. The score became 3 - 0 at 76 minutes into the game, when sitoman were given a penalty which L. Falling blasted straight down the middle giving the keeper no chance! The players of sitoman now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. sitoman's A. Sánchez was shown a yellow card after 84 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Attacking on the wings was the choice for Lolin, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. After 87 minutes, J. Hurskainen put sitoman ahead 4 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for J. Hurskainen. sitoman had most of the ball, with 66 percent of possession.

Most important sitoman player was L. Jaśniewicz. N. Ánh was a disappointment, however. The most dominating Lolin player was without a doubt C. Nørholt. R. Kubasch turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 4 - 0.