niknie 0 - 3 Atlant (381517737)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 36794 at ežu midzenis Arena today. Lorenzo Meccio was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Didier Fromant and Timothy Fletcher. niknie tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. They fielded: Via - Furrer, Elferink, Motiekaitis, Panigo - Karampatsos, Dziļums, Szendrei, Dellitsch - Tibilov, Moltedo.

Atlant started off with a 5-4-1 lineup. The following players took the field: Juškēvičs - Jirgensons, Ho Leng, Lubach, Šimonič, Grandi - Siravs, Mozalevskiy, Dvoynin, Caetano - Piffer.

niknie clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. Atlant were relying on their ability to counter-attack. After 3 minutes, Atlant put themselves up 0 - 1, as A. Siravs finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. 19 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 2 as A. Šimonič finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. Halftime score was 0 - 2. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by niknie, with 54 percent of the ball.

With the clock showing 65 minutes played, a great pass from the defensive line of Atlant resulted in a counterattack that was smoothly brought under control by A. Šimonič in the centre of the opposition's penalty area, but his finish went high. A lunatic dribble by R. Elferink, in front of his own keeper, set up Atlant's R. Piffer for an embarrassingly easy strike after 82 minutes. 0 - 3! niknie enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 55 percent of possession.

niknie's best player was D. Moltedo. G. Furrer turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating Atlant player was without a doubt C. Ho Leng. On the other hand, T. Dvoynin's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 3.