djerv-2000 1 - 6 Artistene (392670227)

21799 spectators had come to oddi banen this cloudy day. Fred Adriaensen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Terence van der Grinten and Alewijn van der Stap. djerv-2000 decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Seeberg Smidt - Ötlingen, Studeny, Blaga - Danielsen, Hanley, Klasik, Zuzarte, Thalhammer - Paulukevich, Davitt.

Artistene tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. The following players took the field: Totland - Sinivuo, Statkov - Evju, Ortexa, Frunză, Lara, Helgerud - Sówka, Carrard, Cyruliński.

It was obvious that djerv-2000 were using their pressing skill as their primary tactic. Making his way up the middle 7 minutes into the match, F. Hanley almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert O. Totland blocked it to keep the score level. Artistene's goal to make the score 0 - 1 came via a questionable penalty, but L. Frunză struck it home without a second thought. After 23 minutes, Artistene's G. Lara burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 2. The referee showed Artistene's N. Sinivuo the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. djerv-2000's T. Danielsen went down after a savage challenge, but could continue playing after some medical attention. After 33 minutes of game time, G. Cyruliński had an excellent opportunity to add to the visitors' lead, clipping a volley hooked in from the right, but P. Seeberg Smidt was in the right place and tipped the ball over for a corner. The visitors' M. Helgerud took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 35 minutes into the match. 0 - 3 for Artistene. Halftime score was 0 - 3. Artistene enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 56 percent of possession.

The coach of Artistene was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 46 minutes, J. Magalhães Carvalho came on for G. Statkov. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Artistene coach let S. Lie replace M. Helgerud after 55 minutes. K. Sówka's speed is always a threat when he gets a little room to move, and 63 minutes into the match was no different as he broke free of his man to send a delightful through ball to T. Carrard who knocked it in for Artistene. 0 - 4! By now, the players in Artistene felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. With 72 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed L. Frunză of Artistene to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 5. G. Lara left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 80 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. C. Roos was the replacement. 80 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 6 as G. Cyruliński finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. 82 minutes into the game, djerv-2000 seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to solid. 84 minutes in, djerv-2000 appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only passable. L. Frunză got left behind when djerv-2000's T. Danielsen made a sudden run forward after 85 minutes, finishing off with a neat strike. 1 - 6! With 86 minutes played, G. Cyruliński nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. Possession in this half belonged to Artistene, who controlled the ball 58 percent of the time.

V. Paulukevich performed admirably for djerv-2000. However, T. Danielsen made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating Artistene player was without a doubt G. Cyruliński. On the other hand, S. Lie's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 6.