badbakhtha 3 - 2 Vostok (393831761)

Clear skies welcomed the 3068 spectators who had made their way to badbakhtha Arena. Pieter Corneliussen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Yiannis Maratos and Mirko Huff. badbakhtha decided to use a 4-5-1 set up. They fielded: Hedyehlu - Camps, Matagne, Balamanesh, Lamouille - Esfahani, Roelvink, Gervasi, Migliónico, Moreira - Marín Díez.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Vostok. Starters: Raak - Myrberg, Harjunpää, Saaranen - Rappu, Rojas, Amberla, Lattu, Suopelto - Verbruggen, Sarjakoski.

badbakhtha saw most attack opportunities on the wings. Vostok took the lead 9 minutes into the game, making the score 0 - 1 after some elegant movement down the middle. O. Harjunpää was the scorer. 24 minutes into the game, Vostok had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to inadequate. Vostok almost scored after a swift counterattack 26 minutes into the game, but P. Rappu put the shot from the left flank just outside the goal. After 33 minutes, Vostok sent a free kick in high over the penalty box. In what looked like a well-rehearsed move, the ball was headed backwards and reached P. Rappu, who had plenty of space to place a well aimed shot - 0 - 2. 38 minutes into the game, Vostok seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to weak. Halftime score was 0 - 2. badbakhtha enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 61 percent of possession.

Despite his frustration resulting in the smashing of a few teacups, the coach of Vostok was able to get his message across, and raised Vostok's organisation to passable. The coach of Vostok was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 46 minutes, T. Saaresto came on for J. Suopelto. M. Saaranen wanted to play on, but the Vostok coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 55 minutes into the game by L. Kolehmainen. The Vostok players could smell victory in the air. P. Rappu wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for J. Laulumaa after 55 minutes. The home crowd were delighted when G. Gervasi scored with a header after an attack from the right, making the score 1 - 2. But did he use his hand? That'll be one for the pundits to talk about after the game, that's for sure! With the scoreboard showing that 77 minutes had been played, Vostok nearly put themselves up another goal after C. Verbruggen came through on the left. Fortunately for the home crowd, the keeper made the save. After 82 minutes of play, T. Roelvink equalised for badbakhtha after an elegant attack from the right. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, B. Lamouille scored for badbakhtha putting them ahead 3 - 2, after 83 minutes. 85 minutes into the game, Vostok seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a weak level of organisation. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by badbakhtha, with 57 percent of the ball.

Most important badbakhtha player was R. Esfahani. On the other hand, N. Hedyehlu's play was disheartening. Vostok's best player was C. Verbruggen. T. Saaresto on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 2.