Loose 1 - 1 Fighters (376308112)

The 18610 spectators at Stade Loose were in for an afternoon of sunshine. Reinhard Hummel was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Mees van Aerde and Armin Zitzenbacher. Loose tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Krijnen - Dotan, Molleman, Winther - Drabich-Waechter, Aspenmo, Sibon, Wstydliwy, Marvits - Ebner-Eschenbach, Cabaça.

Fighters decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. They fielded: Blanckaert - Munger, Dias, Senekowitsch - Diez, Fresneda, São José, Wartensleben, Grim - Veerlann, Olczyk.

Fighters's M. Senekowitsch was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 4 minutes. Loose could have put themselves ahead after 15 minutes but H. Marvits missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. Clever play that showed his experience gave A. Cabaça a good chance to score, but the shot hit the crossbar. 31 minutes in, Loose's A. Cabaça received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. 0 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Loose, with 55 percent of the ball.

Loose took the lead after 72 minutes as a result of S. Winther's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 1 - 0. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, S. Winther got himself booked. The manager of Loose was not happy. After 81 minutes, following yet another great corner, x. Aspenmo's flick on at the near post reached A. Cabaça, who was just wide with his snapshot - the ball went out for a goal kick. R. Grim came close to levelling the score 84 minutes into the game, as he was set up with a through ball coming in from the left, but his shot hit the post. M. Olczyk enjoyed the sunshine and demonstrated his stunning technique over and over again. The home team will be cursing S. Veerlann for weeks; he finished off a great pass from the left, knocking it past the keeper without a problem. The match was level at 1 - 1 after 87 minutes. The heat made it a terrible day for D. Drabich-Waechter, who seemed unable to keep up with the other players. Loose claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 54 percent.

Loose's top performer was clearly H. Marvits. M. Ebner-Eschenbach turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important Fighters player was S. Veerlann. On the other hand, Z. Diez's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 1.