JOSTER 1 - 0 traballa (392954106)

The 2480 fans in attendance at Joster Park were roasting in the hot sun. Tom Scheinhart was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Balázs Bláthy and Josef Zotter. A 5-4-1 alignment was the formation of choice for JOSTER. The following players took the field: Christ - Küsters-Kemm, Kalniņš, Irategui, Švēde, Akbulatov - Novozhilov, Bičevskis, Čakstiņš, Samsons - Dīķis.

traballa tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Lineup: Dominke - Beijerink, Ciancaleoni, Nironi, Borch - Doğruöz, Wnęka, Duţu, Sorweid - Roliński, Catellini.

A. Dāliņš was called on to replace JOSTER's U. Samsons after 26 minutes following a nasty collision. With 30 minutes played H. Küsters-Kemm almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. 0 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession of the ball saw an equal split between the teams during the forty-five minutes.

57 minutes into the game, Y. Beijerink had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came P. Meusburger. W. Sorweid would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise. M. Maestre Lobo entered the game for traballa as the match clock showed 65 minutes. JOSTER's H. Küsters-Kemm got himself booked for a foul. J. Wnęka of traballa had to be helped off the pitch as an injury meant he was unable to finish the game. S. Grazioso came in to finish the match. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by JOSTER, with 54 percent of the ball.

As neither team had managed to win, extra time was called. JOSTER could have put themselves ahead after 95 minutes but Z. Čakstiņš missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. A counterattack by traballa after 96 minutes could have resulted in a goal, but J. Borch, coming in on the left, couldn't get the shot off. Several players seemed a little dazed by the warm weather, and were repeatedly tricked by the clever and agile P. Meusburger. JOSTER broke through on the left 116 minutes into the game, with R. Bičevskis firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 1 - 0 lead. With that JOSTER had won the game in extra time. A. Dāliņš performed admirably for JOSTER. J. Dīķis on the other hand, had a terrible day. traballa's top performer was clearly S. Catellini. On the other hand, S. Grazioso's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 0.