Sterntaler 1 - 0 olimpalermo (392773599)

Clear skies welcomed the 2163 spectators who had made their way to Lengai! Kampfbahn. Elvin Cross was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jorge Federico Alonso and Marvin Poorter. Sterntaler decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. They fielded: Scheibenpflug - Kroge, Plošnik, Selstrand - Yurre, Beesten, Cusí, Tjäderlind - Stocken, Pedersen, Ardata.

olimpalermo tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Pattison - Vache, Hauser, Cynar - Szmulik, Quintanilla, Menner, Šefronas, Durst - Bandiko, Toledo.

olimpalermo seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, J. Šefronas got himself booked. The manager of olimpalermo was not happy. Sterntaler had a chance to take the lead after G. Pedersen's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 21 minutes. G. Ardata gave Sterntaler the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 1 - 0 The visitors kept the pressure on to tie the game when, after 30 minutes, I. Toledo broke through the centre and found himself alone with the keeper. R. Scheibenpflug made a great block, though. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Sterntaler, with 58 percent of the ball.

olimpalermo had a chance to level the score as H. Bandiko suddenly found himself free in the middle of the box with only the keeper to beat, but he misjudged the finish, and only managed to hit the bar. Sterntaler's G. Pedersen got himself booked for a foul. Sterntaler's G. Ardata was shown a yellow card after 77 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Sterntaler claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 56 percent.

Most important Sterntaler player was T. Stocken. However, R. Kroge made a disastrous appearance. olimpalermo's top performer was clearly M. Menner. On the other hand, H. Bandiko's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 0.