Artesanos 3 - 0 Rosentaler (379351310)

Clear skies welcomed the 3053 spectators who had made their way to Carolina Lopera Stadium. Eerikki Sidorov was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Sami Koskelo and Livio Bisiacco. Artesanos tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Əmilli - Czagala, Augustowski, Faruq - Pantani, Juviño, Moral Perez, Falkenmo, Petr - Sivertsen, Guillemot.

Rosentaler had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players took the field: Petritsch - Hopp, Colsen, Locke - Sikora, Fenix, Pollerus, Hristojević, Draxler - Schlögl, Harms.

Artesanos used their skill at pressing to cut off the attack angles of their opponents all over the field. As the 1 minute mark approached, the Rosentaler coach decided it was time for a substitution. O. Hopp reluctantly made way for T. Höfler on the pitch. As the captain was no longer on the pitch, G. Locke took over the role of being the Rosentaler captain. 2 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a Rosentaler substitution. M. Schöpf came on for J. Colsen. 2 minutes into the game, Rosentaler wanted to bring some new energy to their game. G. Locke gave K. Çisen a quick hug as he left the field. The Rosentaler captaincy was handed to L. Fenix. Against a lesser team, Artesanos could very well have succeeded with their smart indirect free kick routine after 11 minutes. A trio of passes took the ball all the way past the defenders, but by then the intended recipient was already blocked off and the keeper could make a leisurely save. They were singing the praises of T. Guillemot 13 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 1 - 0 to Artesanos. After 14 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by R. Petr might have resulted in another goal for Artesanos. However, S. Petritsch made a spectacular save. After 15 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and H. Falkenmo gave the Artesanos supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 2 - 0. Artesanos's ability to press all over the field frequently paid dividends. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave D. Augustowski from Artesanos a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 26 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! W. Draxler couldn't finish the match after being injured, leaving Rosentaler a man down. Halftime score was 2 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to Artesanos, who controlled the ball 65 percent of the time.

Artesanos managed to extend their lead to 3 - 0 when T. Guillemot cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Artesanos lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. 76 minutes in, Artesanos's A. Faruq received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. H. Falkenmo should probably have put his team up another goal after 78 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by S. Petritsch kept the visitors in the game. At this time in the match, Artesanos were using their skill at pressing to successfully stifle the game. Artesanos claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 61 percent.

D. Augustowski performed admirably for Artesanos. On the other hand, A. Faruq's play was disheartening. Rosentaler's top performer was clearly M. Schlögl. M. Schöpf turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 3 - 0.