Fortuna-Babelsberg 8 - 0 Oberhausen (384609694)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 10562 had shown up at Babelsberger Parkstadion for the match. Edgar De la Barrera was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Clemens Vadanan and Alexandros Aggelis. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Fortuna-Babelsberg. The following players had been chosen: Pestrin - Ludorff, Filichkin, Scanniello, Király - Khuldi, Nativel, Désiré, Sturmfels - Daníček, Viio.

Oberhausen decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Starters: Piotr - Käser, Birkhahn, Oelde - Muenster, Rutschek, Hüsün, Frisch, Muncker - Gaisch, Aichner-Pattis.

It was an obvious ambition of Fortuna-Babelsberg to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. Oberhausen used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. The home side put themselves ahead 1 - 0 after 6 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from G. Sturmfels, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. Fortuna-Babelsberg's J. Nativel increased the lead to 2 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 17 minutes. Oberhausen had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. After 24 minutes, the defensive line of Oberhausen created a counterattack through the middle that gave S. Käser a good look at the goal, but his shot glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. Fortuna-Babelsberg had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. After 32 minutes, J. Nativel put Fortuna-Babelsberg ahead 3 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. A corner kick created great disorder in the penalty area with a goal nearly scored by H. Daníček. At last, Fortuna-Babelsberg's G. Sturmfels was able to backheel the ball in. 4 - 0. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Fortuna-Babelsberg lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. The home side's J. Viio came close to extending the lead 35 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but B. Piotr managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. It was 4 - 0 at the break. Fortuna-Babelsberg had most of the ball, with 73 percent of possession.

After 47 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and M. Désiré gave the Fortuna-Babelsberg supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 5 - 0. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave J. Nativel from Fortuna-Babelsberg a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 61 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! With 83 minutes played, Fortuna-Babelsberg put themselves up 6 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to G. Sturmfels, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. At that, G. Sturmfels was noted down for a hat trick! Things were deteriorating for the away team as Fortuna-Babelsberg scored another to make it 7 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for N. Király after 84 minutes. It was obvious that Fortuna-Babelsberg had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. Fortuna-Babelsberg increased the lead as H. Daníček struck to make the score 8 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. 87 minutes in, Oberhausen's O. Gaisch received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Fortuna-Babelsberg enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 76 percent of possession.

Most important Fortuna-Babelsberg player was H. Daníček. K. Filichkin was a disappointment, however. U. Muenster performed admirably for Oberhausen. However, G. Hüsün made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 8 - 0.