Hoppet 3 - 1 Jokke`s (385511295)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 26607 at Sportplan today. Jerome Kemplin was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Gábor Bekő and Ploutarchos Fragkoulakis. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Hoppet. Starters: Wessling - Fiedor, Ilg, May, Ciosk - Sanchiz, Süeda, Portabales, Herédio - Valpreda, Kalervo.

Jokke`s tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Mäkitalo - Pantiş, Garoldi, De Poli - Moberg, Pirtonen, Aguado López, Niuta, Concaro - Vilhunen, Hilden.

The wings were the focus of most of Hoppet's attacks today. Jokke`s immediately set off using their skill at pressing their opponents. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to P. Portabales, but the Hoppet player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0! 1 - 0 was the halftime score. Hoppet claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 52 percent.

A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Hoppet to 2 - 0 as D. Ciosk finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. Hoppet increased the lead as D. Ciosk struck to make the score 3 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Hoppet lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. J. Vilhunen earned a rousing chorus of cheers from his fans as he seemed to come out of nowhere after 79 minutes to intercept the ball and put it in the back of the net for Jokke`s. 3 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to Hoppet, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

M. Süeda performed admirably for Hoppet. W. Fiedor was a disappointment, however. The most dominating Jokke`s player was without a doubt T. Aguado López. P. Moberg turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 3 - 1.