Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 3049 at
Zuper Chaouen Arena today.
Nilo Guina was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Evtim Vúzharov and
Cristoph Stöbel.
babich had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation.
They fielded: Schallner - Mantere, Weninger, Fellbaum, Koehn - Baumhof, Milićević, Ruiz Marco, Bin-Yousif - Fattorusso, Raymond.
B-Field tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination.
Starters: Angermeyer-Naumann - Mishev, Levin, Botterbloom - Kortselis, Benavidez, Kündighoven, Filter, Skerpen - Capell, Rödinger.
babich seemed to prefer attacking in the middle.
7 minutes in, babich's
S. Baumhof received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first.
Unfortunately for B-Field,
D. Levin was injured when the game became more physical, and he had to leave the field.
V. Sippl replaced him.
N. Koehn neatly controlled the ball after a short corner, and knocked it on to
M. Weninger who had the whole net open before him, but only managed to hit the post.
babich had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks.
babich took the lead 36 minutes into the game by 1 - 0, as
S. Baumhof elegantly received a long range pass through the middle, finishing off with a half-volley shot just below the bar.
It was 1 - 0 at the break.
Possession in this half belonged to babich, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.
After 56 minutes, B-Field switched
R. Filter with
P. Gastner, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch.
The B-Field captaincy was handed to
V. Sippl.
G. Fattorusso had a fantastic opportunity to put babich up another goal 60 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar.
babich solidified their lead at the 76 minute mark, as
S. Baumhof dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 2 - 0.
77 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as
G. Fattorusso broke through, making the score 3 - 0 for babich.
The players of babich now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle.
B-Field reduced the lead after 80 minutes to 3 - 1 as
R. Rödinger easily chipped the ball past the home side's keeper after a dazzling play from the right.
The referee showed babich's
M. Milićević the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge.
Several players were looking tired, especially
N. Koehn who gifted the opposition a goal as he lost the ball to a still energetic
Y. Kortselis of B-Field after 84 minutes. 3 - 2
B-Field's counterattack was impressive and was only stopped by a shocking foul. Somehow, the referee's cards remained in his pocket - a terrible decision!
S. Benavidez's resulting free kick was easily saved by the keeper.
88 minutes into the game, babich seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to
weak.
B-Field claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 58 percent.
The most dominating babich player was without a doubt
G. Fattorusso.
On the other hand,
N. Koehn's play was disheartening.
B-Field's best player was
V. Sippl.
However,
P. Gastner made a disastrous appearance.
The match ends 3 - 2.