Eskelinen 3 - 0 Fornuddens (372550304)

Dark skies made the crowd of 59690 at Eskelinen IF Arena a little nervous, but the rain held off. Norbert Škoda was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jordi Gonyalons and Luis Fernando Valdés. Eskelinen started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Zubiaga - Polsterer, Edskog, Iordache - Mårtensson, Mor, Tryggvesson, Sturbusch, Haraldsson - Ionescu, Balerdi.

Fornuddens decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. They fielded: Kunsevičius - Castellar, Canestrari, Zelnický - Duyvelshof, Montero, Atanasov, Larsson, Missaglia - Nicolau, Fjellstad.

H. Balerdi sailed high above the opponents as he headed in a corner kick from V. Iordache after 12 minutes of play, making the score 1 - 0. 1 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Eskelinen, with 54 percent of the ball.

The Fornuddens coach was desperate to reverse his team's fortunes in the game, and ordered his team to change strategy. Eskelinen's P. Ionescu proved that he's been around on a football pitch before, when he took advantage of a few moments of confusion in the opposition's defensive line and elegantly scored for 2 - 0. As the game started to slip away for Fornuddens, the manager decided to change the tactical approach. Fornuddens needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 70 minutes M. Nicolau made way for N. Msimang. V. Iordache should probably have put his team up another goal after 74 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by R. Kunsevičius kept the visitors in the game. The Fornuddens players listened closely to their manager, as he gave new tactical instructions for the team. Unhappy with the result so far in the game, the Fornuddens manager used a brief break in play after 80 minutes to give the players new directives. The score became 3 - 0 at 83 minutes into the game, when Eskelinen were given a penalty which V. Iordache blasted straight down the middle giving the keeper no chance! Eskelinen claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 56 percent.

M. Sturbusch performed admirably for Eskelinen. V. Iordache on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Fornuddens player was B. Larsson. On the other hand, M. Zelnický's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 0.