Helgon 3 - 0 Ranger (394000717)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 1008 at Elland Road today. Herman Scott was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Vance Goulding and Tobias Hagen. Helgon decided to use a 5-4-1 set up. The following players took the field: Vermus - Ortiz, Everts, Samake, Aardewijn, Perrotta - Nederer, Grönblad, Simonsson, Toulikas - Mäkikyrö.

Ranger had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Schrott - Gustavsson, Apelwald, Adolfsson - Talanti, Urbansson, Galloway, Zese, Rambaudi - Marra, Igelbom.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Helgon. A questionable penalty 2 minutes in gave the home side the lead, 1 - 0. The visitors' goalie didn't stand a chance as T. Toulikas knocked the ball home. Coming through the middle J. Rambaudi almost scored the equaliser for Ranger after 24 minutes, but E. Vermus made an excellent save, tipping the awkwardly curled shot past the post. Helgon earned themselves a free kick after a counterattack wasn't dealt with adequately by their opponents. T. Toulikas powered the shot in for 2 - 0. K. Mäkikyrö stunned the crowd with a brilliant counterattack from the left, giving Helgon the goal to make it 3 - 0. After this, you could see that the players of Helgon were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. The teams went for the halftime break at 3 - 0. Ranger had most of the ball, with 59 percent of possession.

Helgon's L. Simonsson saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 60 minutes. L. Simonsson of Helgon was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. After 85 minutes, Ranger's J. Rambaudi fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! Ranger claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 59 percent.

Helgon's best player was A. Perrotta. On the other hand, A. Grönblad's play was disheartening. The most dominating Ranger player was without a doubt B. Igelbom. However, G. Schrott made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 0.