Kublu 2 - 3 Leijonat (369404491)

60000 spectators had come to Arjen Sankarit Arena this cloudy day. Caspar Regehr was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ismael Moreno and Carlos Moreno. Kublu decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Starters: Zomer - Zotz, Tähkälä, Fernández - George, Karimäki, Kotiniemi, Väliaho, Onat - Döner, O'Brien.

Leijonat had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players took the field: Miskolczi - Vilk, Friargiu, Corujo - Dalli, Turtonen, Nohl, Granlund, Recão - Olivier, Pyrhönen.

The wings were the focus of most of Kublu's attacks today. It was an obvious ambition of Leijonat to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. Kublu's L. Karimäki tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. Some quick footwork on the left side of the field 8 minutes into the match left Leijonat's T. Recão completely free to score. 0 - 1 for the visitors. Kublu's V. Zotz left the field after 9 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was T. Miorelli. After a fatal mistake from the away team's right side defence 19 minutes into the match, an alert F. Fernández bagged the ball for Kublu, levelling the score to 1 - 1. Attacking on the wings was the choice for Leijonat, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. Some good play on the left wing created an opportunity for the visitors 21 minutes into the match, and D. Dalli wasn't about to let it go by. He got past the defenders and fired a shot that the keeper just missed. 1 - 2 for the visitors. Leijonat were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. The home crowd was not impressed when D. Dalli came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 28 minutes. Leijonat were now up 1 - 3. It was 1 - 3 at the break. Kublu claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 52 percent.

Kublu's Ö. Döner got the home crowd going when he finished off a left wing charge, reducing the away team's lead to 2 - 3. Possession in this half belonged to Kublu, who controlled the ball 53 percent of the time.

Ö. Döner performed admirably for Kublu. However, T. Miorelli made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating Leijonat player was without a doubt S. Olivier. On the other hand, G. Vilk's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 3.