Ganja 3 - 1 HUINKA (392507058)

A scorching day at Cannabis Golden Stadium, where 19500 spectators were in place for today's match. Mariusz Domiter was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Anatol Małachowski and Yamaç Hare. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Ganja. The following players took the field: Narváez - Nyilasi, Vossaert, Blockx - Crameri, Nascetti, Cantón, Cartella, Arancibia - Mergan, Alecu.

HUINKA tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Sales - Gaúcho, Gallucci, Remin - Oltramonti, Hökborg, Serrano, Malavazos, Gras - Tobiasson, Martin.

T. Tobiasson came close to putting the visiting team one up 9 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but J. Narváez managed to tip the ball to a corner. A quick counter attack by Ganja forced the opponent's defender to give away a freekick. Q. Cantón was allowed to take it quickly by the referee, much to the dismay of the goalkeeper who wasn't prepared. 1 - 0! The home side's Q. Cantón curled a free kick home after 12 minutes, putting Ganja ahead 2 - 0. HUINKA managed to reduce the score to 2 - 1 as C. Remin finished off a well-played combination from the left, easily carving through the defence. Ganja's A. Arancibia had an excellent opportunity after 25 minutes, shooting after receiving a pass from the right hand side, but he missed the goal by miles! 2 - 1 was the halftime score. HUINKA enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 56 percent of possession.

The referee showed Ganja's G. Alecu the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. It wasn't a good day at all for M. Gras. His powerful style of play just didn't fit the bill on this warm day. HUINKA had a chance to level the score as T. Gaúcho suddenly found himself free in the middle of the box with only the keeper to beat, but he misjudged the finish, and only managed to hit the bar. After 58 minutes, Ganja's Q. Cantón found the back of the goal with a beautiful free kick. 3 - 1. By then Q. Cantón had scored three goals - a hat trick! The visitors got a chance to pulling one back after 76 minutes, due to a defensive blunder leaving L. Oltramonti completely unmarked. His strike was pathetic though, easy prey for the home side's keeper. Possession in this half belonged to HUINKA, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

Ganja's top performer was clearly M. Cartella. L. Nascetti turned in a dismal performance, however. F. Martin performed admirably for HUINKA. However, T. Gaúcho made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 1.