VirkiäFc 0 - 4 Tarhapöllö (392824422)

Clouds darkened the skies at simpsiöarena as 39874 spectators turned up for the match. Juan Jesus Aguirre was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Arne Morris and Radomír Lichvár. VirkiäFc decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Paulamäki - Schättin, Haitto, Molea, Haukka - Teller, Kannosto, Andree, Illés - Nymalm, Parhiala.

Tarhapöllö tactics involved an interesting 4-5-1 combination. They fielded: Casaburo - Mattila, Mönchmühle, Tax, Karolak - Crespi, Bluks, Długa, Sommarbo, Zieleniecki - Nuccetelli.

VirkiäFc were relying on their ability to counter-attack. Tarhapöllö saw most attack opportunities on the wings. Tarhapöllö had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. Tarhapöllö took the lead after 11 minutes making the score 0 - 1. G. Nuccetelli placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. VirkiäFc's M. Andree left the field after 20 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was J. Aapaoja. As the captain was no longer on the pitch, T. Nymalm took over the role of being the VirkiäFc captain. Some fine movement on the left led to a Tarhapöllö goal after 39 minutes, making it 0 - 2. J. Długa was noted down as the scorer. 42 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 3 as D. Sommarbo finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Tarhapöllö lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. The referee showed Tarhapöllö's G. Nuccetelli the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. 0 - 3 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Tarhapöllö, with 57 percent of the ball.

Although the whole team were struggling to impress, VirkiäFc's T. Nymalm was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 46 minutes. N. Nietula was given a chance to change things around. N. Nietula was handed the VirkiäFc captain's armband. 63 minutes in, Tarhapöllö's I. Karolak received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. The referee signalled a penalty 66 minutes into the game following an offence which looked like it was outside the box. G. Nuccetelli knocked it home to make the score 0 - 4. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave J. Molea from VirkiäFc a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 67 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! With 71 minutes played, J. Haitto of VirkiäFc fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. The Tarhapöllö players could smell victory in the air. G. Nuccetelli wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for R. Diels after 80 minutes. Tarhapöllö claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 57 percent.

The most dominating VirkiäFc player was without a doubt L. Parhiala. However, V. Schättin made a disastrous appearance. I. Karolak performed admirably for Tarhapöllö. R. Diels on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 4.