Banchen 2 - 1 faarit (363861740)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 941 to New Trafford. Quim Puig-Duran was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Kilan Ghilain and Henno Saar. Banchen decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Elimelech - Pużyński, Khoury, Herva - Hölttä, Novello, Maglio, Suokas, Root - Gürth, Suvijärvi.

faarit tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Fend - Prestidge, Lokstedt, Dogaru - Villman, Tikkaoja, Vanherp, Dufvelin, Hultmar - Popiel, Budkin.

It was an obvious ambition of faarit to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of faarit's L. Lokstedt after 9 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 0 - 1 lead. After 17 minutes of play, R. Gürth equalised for Banchen after an elegant attack from the right. With 20 minutes played, seemingly due to lack of experience, D. Novello needlessly tripped an opponent just outside the penalty area, but the free kick that followed didn't succeed. 1 - 1 was the halftime score. faarit claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 51 percent.

49 minutes into the match and the home team took a 2 - 1 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for Banchen was J. Suvijärvi. An equalising goal seemed certain after 58 minutes when E. Budkin attacked down the left wing, but B. Elimelech just managed to make a save to keep the ball out of the net. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, H. Khoury got himself booked. The manager of Banchen was not happy. faarit had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. faarit had most of the ball, with 51 percent of possession.

Banchen's best player was J. Herva. However, J. Root made a disastrous appearance. Most important faarit player was E. Budkin. A. Dufvelin turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 2 - 1.