Mittelschwaben 1 - 0 Blindpumpe (384320932)

Dark skies made the crowd of 47471 at Germania Mittelschwaben Arena a little nervous, but the rain held off. Ladislav Fedor was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Grisha Dimitrov and Aarre Pettersson. Mittelschwaben had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Starters: Auguste - Kunes, Spörke, Fernberg - Steffan, Goth, Riesch, Plönitz, Semrau - Eisenhofer, Aublick.

A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Blindpumpe. Lineup: Bedoya - Wallaschek, Minasyan, Laut, Bast - Żbik, Seikowsky, Norden, Almeida, Leidorfer - Paradiso.

They were singing the praises of U. Aublick 8 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 Mittelschwaben. Mittelschwaben's H. Goth saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 12 minutes. M. Laut came close to levelling the score 33 minutes into the game, as he was set up with a through ball coming in from the left, but his shot hit the post. Blindpumpe's M. Almeida got himself booked for a foul. 40 minutes in, Blindpumpe's N. Bast received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Unfortunately for Mittelschwaben, É. Fernberg was injured when the game became more physical, and he had to leave the field. I. Ixmeier replaced him. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 0. Mittelschwaben had most of the ball, with 55 percent of possession.

Mittelschwaben enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 54 percent of possession.

S. Eisenhofer performed admirably for Mittelschwaben. I. Ixmeier was a disappointment, however. Most important Blindpumpe player was M. Paradiso. A. Żbik on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 0.