1912 Olympic Games Official Report Part 2

chance went when, a minute later, Ansén, 2 metres from the goal, sent the ballon the wrong side of the post.There is not much to be said about the extra half hour. Gustafsson made a presentof a corner to Holland, which gave the Dutch the winning goal. During the remainderof the time the Dutch played with 4 half-backs, and in the last line of defenceGöbel was always where he ought to be.Although Sweden ought to have won the match if it had had a little luck andhad taken advantage of all its opportunities, there is no doubt but that the betterteam — speaking of it as a whole — won. It was the better combination of theDutch and the unselfish play of their men that gained them the match. Individually,Sweden had quite as good a side as Holland — with a couple of pretty badexceptions. Svensson, E. Börjesson, Lewin and E. Bergström were the best ofthe Swedes, while Göbel, de Korver, Bouvy and van Bredakolff did most work forHolland.SECOND ROUND.FINLAND v. RUSSIA. 2—1.Traneberg, Sunday, 30 June, 10 a. m.FINLAND: (forwards, from left): A. Niska, J. Öhman, A. Nyyssönen, B. Wiberg,A. Wickstrom ; (half-backs): V. Lietola, E. A. Soinio,, K. Lund ; (backs): G. B.Löfgren, J. Holopainen ; (goal): M. Syrälänen.RUSSIA: (forwards, from left): S. Filippoff, B. Gitareff, W. Boutosoff, A. Filippoff,M. Smimoff; (half-backs): N. Kynin, N. Chromoff, A. Akimow; (backs): W. Markoff,P. Sokoloff; (goal): L. Faworski.Referee: P. Sjöblom (Sweden).The early hour at which this match was played, and the interesting events whichwere to come off later on in the day, had the result that there were only a coupleof hundred spectators present when the referee blew the whistle for the start.It could be seen from the first that the two teams knew each other’s“points” very well and, although they were the least bit stiff after the fatiguingmatch against Italy, the Finns played all the time as if they knew that theywould win.The result turned out as had been expected, although by a narrower majoritythan was generally looked for. No complaint could be made as to the pace ofthe play, which was very fast the whole of the time — the remarkable pace ofthe Russian players contributing not least to this — but there is not SO much tosay as regards the science and combination shown. A couple of first-class Swedishclubs could have shown better form.From the very beginning Finland had the upper hand, and their forwardsattacked again and again, but they shot very badly, so that half an hour passedbefore anything sensational occurred. At last, however, Finland’s inside right sentin a beautiful ball which Faworski could not quite clear, and Nyyssönen, whofollowed up, had no difficulty in getting the ball again and placing Finland ahead.After this success Finland played better, and managed to force several corners,but half time came without any additional goal.When the second 45 minutes began, Russia seemed as if it meant to surpriseits opponents. Filippoff, the outside left, a speedy and intelligent player, beingspecially prominent, and, if he had had better inside forwards, his well-placedcentering must have led to quite a number of goals. As it was, Russia got only487