Paiiiiizer 3 - 3 Stockport (372656189)

21300 spectators arrived at Fuzkiz-arenis, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Carl Christian Taaning was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ebrahim Safarsaji and Tarcisio Arcudi. Paiiiiizer started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Stauder - Lebranchu, Hasselbo, Orenhall - Svensson, Crongren, Tellind, Zetterland, Ahl - Tilldahl, Gerdstål.

Stockport had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Starters: Killing - Caspersen, Strandmar, Matsson - Jespersson, Stclair, Tegér, Åhlskog, Fridblad - Lahdenmäki, Estevão.

Stockport's M. Lahdenmäki managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 3 minutes. 0 - 1. Stockport's T. Tegér had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 5 minutes having been played. N. Babić was the replacement. Paiiiiizer had to make a substitution after 11 minutes. G. Stauder limped off the field and was replaced by N. Larsson. J. Crongren was the new captain of Paiiiiizer - handed the armband by the departing player. Stockport had to manage with a reduced squad after 22 minutes, as B. Matsson got sent off for a needless foul away from the game's action. D. Hasselbo was the unlucky victim and couldn't continue the game, so Paiiiiizer's K. Carlstål had to come off the bench. A lunatic dribble by E. Caspersen, in front of his own keeper, set up Paiiiiizer's L. Gerdstål for an embarrassingly easy strike after 25 minutes. 1 - 1! It was 1 - 1 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to Paiiiiizer, who controlled the ball 56 percent of the time.

The terraces were silenced after 47 minutes when Stockport's N. Babić put the guests ahead 1 - 2, following an attack on the right. Paiiiiizer put pressure on the visitors' central defence 66 minutes into the game, but R. Tilldahl couldn't find an opening. The Stockport free kick 70 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of M. Lahdenmäki, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 1 - 3! A penalty kick was awarded to Paiiiiizer 71 minutes into the match, and T. Zetterland expertly put it away. 2 - 3. With the crowd on their feet chanting wildly, some great moves down the right hand side after 78 minutes gave Paiiiiizer a wonderful opportunity to level the score, and T. Zetterland stepped up to the challenge. 3 - 3 Paiiiiizer claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 59 percent.

The most dominating Paiiiiizer player was without a doubt T. Svensson. On the other hand, N. Larsson's play was disheartening. Stockport's best player was M. Lahdenmäki. A. Estevão on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 3.