llaavviinniiaa 3 - 0 tatarasti90 (365238423)

The 47019 fans in attendance at llaavviinniiaa Arena were roasting in the hot sun. Stefan Fjelskär was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Adrian Amnar and Tonni Vinkler. llaavviinniiaa had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. They fielded: Bulancea - Ascariz, van Dulmen, De Boer - Melgarejo, Bârsan, Muntean, Del Sante - Poltimäe, Langella, Baltă.

tatarasti90 tactics involved an interesting 5-4-1 combination. The following players took the field: Sacco - Bauer, Coltor, Żołnierz, Radu, Plata - Klapa, Dontu, Randolo, Poma - Freischläger.

llaavviinniiaa used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. tatarasti90 clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. llaavviinniiaa's S. Baltă tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. A counterattack by tatarasti90 after 3 minutes could have resulted in a goal, but F. Dontu, coming in on the left, couldn't get the shot off. L. Poltimäe enjoyed the sunshine and demonstrated his stunning technique over and over again. The home side put themselves ahead 1 - 0 after 16 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from L. Poltimäe, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. Good work by the tatarasti90 defensive line after 38 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found R. Poma alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. Central attacks were the recipe of the day for llaavviinniiaa, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. L. Del Sante should probably have put his team up another goal after 40 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by G. Sacco kept the visitors in the game. tatarasti90 mounted an inspired counterattack down the right wing after 41 minutes, but J. Żołnierz was unable to convert from short range. The referee showed tatarasti90's N. Coltor the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Unfortunately for llaavviinniiaa, L. Del Sante was injured when the game became more physical, and he had to leave the field. C. Ionascu replaced him. 1 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by llaavviinniiaa, with 63 percent of the ball.

With 47 minutes played, llaavviinniiaa put themselves up 2 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to S. Baltă, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. llaavviinniiaa were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. llaavviinniiaa's M. Muntean saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 65 minutes. tatarasti90 needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 70 minutes D. Freischläger made way for T. Solheim. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in llaavviinniiaa's S. Baltă increasing the lead to 3 - 0. N. Langella had a fantastic opportunity to put llaavviinniiaa up another goal 72 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. tatarasti90's counterattacks created a good chance for J. Żołnierz on the right after 73 minutes, but he could only look on with dismay as his strike rebounded off the crossbar. With things not going too well on the field, the tatarasti90 coach made the decision to swap the positions of S. Randolo and F. Dontu with 80 minutes played. llaavviinniiaa enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 62 percent of possession.

The most dominating llaavviinniiaa player was without a doubt L. Poltimäe. R. Melgarejo was a disappointment, however. tatarasti90's best player was T. Solheim. S. Randolo turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 3 - 0.