Bayern 1 - 4 kicker (384610587)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 7368 at Alianza today. Vice Čelik was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Giuseppe Macerini and Knud Sundberg. Bayern had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. The following players took the field: Moreira Mendes - Stănică, Kristinus, Dessnitten - Sweet, Val, Mauthner, Gernsheimer - Parlesak, Meggendorfer, Soldevilla.

kicker decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Kubik - Vormbaum, Kalista, Höhnighausen - Jahn, Vanden Daele, Verspuy, Ettenauer, Pachinger - Anders, Lötten.

kicker clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. kicker were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. kicker took the lead 19 minutes into the game, making the score 0 - 1 after some elegant movement down the middle. B. Pachinger was the scorer. B. Höhnighausen received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 27 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 2. The kicker fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. The visitors' N. Ettenauer took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 31 minutes into the match. 0 - 3 for kicker. 33 minutes into the game, kicker worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch. It was 0 - 3 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to kicker, who controlled the ball 66 percent of the time.

That Bayern's H. Kristinus has the ability of doing what no one expects him to do was shown as he ran over an opposing defender, snatched the ball and passed to B. Soldevilla who hit it hard into the wide open goal after 52 minutes: 1 - 3! kicker had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. J. Kalista was, after 53 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors' lead with a well placed diving header after the ball had looped into the centre, but the home side's keeper G. Moreira Mendes made the save. A misunderstanding between the visitors' keeper E. Kubik and his left defence could have resulted in a goal for Bayern, but B. Soldevilla's finish was way too lame. After the ball was lifted in from the left, G. Vanden Daele was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 81 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. After 83 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for B. Pachinger who increased kicker's lead to 1 - 4. By now, the players in kicker felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. kicker enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 66 percent of possession.

Bayern's top performer was clearly K. Parlesak. On the other hand, D. Gernsheimer's play was disheartening. The most dominating kicker player was without a doubt E. Verspuy. M. Anders on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 4.