jambo 2 - 0 ciro (393020003)

Clouds darkened the skies at Thriller Park as 48947 spectators turned up for the match. Jesper Brix was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Arbo Mix and Örjan T. Becksjö. jambo started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Vaupotič - Kilichowski, Barbosa, Aleksić - Kooiker, Casale, Azabache, Theys, Lindborg - Stier, Englund.

ciro tactics involved an interesting 4-5-1 combination. They fielded: Lapsiņš - Mindžák, Rivault, Princz, Besse - Rodenbach, Ramos, Mačerol, Kobilinski, Baron - Zbroniec.

jambo decided to play creatively. ciro seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. jambo took the lead 32 minutes in, as T. Englund broke through on the left and put the 1 - 0 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. Halftime score was 1 - 0. Possession was split evenly between the teams.

T. Englund left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 63 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. J. Ébel was the replacement. 67 minutes in, ciro's V. Baron received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. ciro needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 68 minutes B. Rodenbach made way for R. van Herpen. With 68 minutes played, jambo put themselves up 2 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to J. Ébel, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. I. Casale wanted to play on, but the jambo coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 69 minutes into the game by M. Vadot. Content with how the game was proceeding, the jambo coach let B. Marronaro replace U. Aleksić after 69 minutes. S. Mačerol was ever so close to scoring after an excellent corner was beautifully flicked on by C. Rivault, but the ball bounced off the post to safety. 80 minutes into the game, ciro's attack got through on the right, but M. Besse couldn't handle the ball and his feeble kick wound up in the keeper's arms. The referee showed jambo's V. Lindborg the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. M. Besse of ciro had to be helped off the pitch as an injury meant he was unable to finish the game. M. Iivonen came in to finish the match. ciro claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 54 percent.

J. Ébel performed admirably for jambo. V. Lindborg on the other hand, had a terrible day. ciro's best player was C. Zbroniec. However, M. Iivonen made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 0.