LaKriz 2 - 0 Ørholm (373888032)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 52767 to Skærsilden. Alessandro van der Heyden was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Marlo Dangler and Leonardo Juliani. LaKriz tactics involved an interesting 4-5-1 combination. The following players had been chosen: Westerhuis - Gerhart, Kozhuharov, de Araújo, Elkjær - Wiig, Atten, Lapeña Gómez, Kadir, Hacker - Vanhala.

Ørholm started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Juul Mortensen - Rousing, Henckel, Handberg - Ebbesen, Steffansen, Skovgaard Hansen, Istatkov, Alas - Gardin, Zunkel.

The wings were the focus of most of LaKriz's attacks today. 2 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for LaKriz was R. de Araújo. After 5 minutes, LaKriz raised their score by one when H. Wiig's dangerous low cross was cleverly tucked in at the near post by P. Vanhala. 2 - 0. The players of LaKriz now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. LaKriz's P. Vanhala swung in a good chance from the left, but the visitors' defence were able to clear the ball. The referee showed LaKriz's A. Hacker the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Ørholm had a fair chance to reply after 19 minutes due to some fine moves down the left, but in the end S. Henckel was slow to keep up with the play and was unable to make it into the penalty box to apply a finish. Ørholm's S. Rousing got himself booked for a foul. What was S. Rousing thinking? That's what everyone wondered when, for no apparent reason, he shot a cross pass over his own penalty area, giving H. Wiig an extra chance, but unfortunately for LaKriz, he didn't get the shot right. Players in LaKriz heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. It was obvious that LaKriz had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. Halftime score was 2 - 0. LaKriz claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 68 percent.

LaKriz's B. Gerhart had an excellent opportunity after 59 minutes, shooting after receiving a pass from the right hand side, but he missed the goal by miles! E. Gardin could've grabbed a goal for Ørholm 65 minutes in when he got a pass from the left putting him free of the home side's defence, but he was unable to take advantage of the situation. Ørholm were able to draw a foul with their counterattacks, but the shot from H. Istatkov went into the arms of the keeper. P. Vanhala dispatched a majestic long shot 81 minutes into the match, but missed the goal by a few metres. B. Elkjær unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. 89 minutes in, Ørholm's M. Handberg received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. LaKriz had most of the ball, with 70 percent of possession.

LaKriz's best player was P. Vanhala. R. de Araújo on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Ørholm player was R. Zunkel. However, H. Juul Mortensen made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 0.