Borussia 0 - 7 Weißwasser (154936122)

24762 spectators had come to Borussia Park this cloudy day. Marino Della Valle was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Tomasz Kręciewski and Stefan Steiner. Borussia tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Bastic - Emin, Ziegesar, Kevelaer - Silverner, Owschlag, Lebot, Schackendörp, van der Arend - van Willigenburg, Goß.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Weißwasser. Lineup: Sánchez-Cámara - Vraciu, Kjellwald, Marunkić - Gassner, Palomares, Burkhill, Grimm, Monforte - Hetzer, Cosma.

The wings were the focus of most of Borussia's attacks today. The wings were the focus of most of Weißwasser's attacks today. After 10 minutes, Weißwasser put themselves up 0 - 1, as E. Hetzer finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. The home crowd was not impressed when L. Cosma came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 38 minutes. Weißwasser were now up 0 - 2. A defender managed to keep the ball from crossing the goal-line after a curling shot coming in from the right from A. Burkhill after 39 minutes, and prevented Weißwasser from going up another goal. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, T. van Willigenburg got himself booked. The manager of Borussia was not happy. Borussia's T. van Willigenburg left the field after 42 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was T. D'Alessio. Weißwasser increased their lead after 43 minutes when L. Cosma broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 3, much to the home crowd's dismay. A drive down the left side allowed L. Cosma to get in close and score another goal for Weißwasser after 44 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 4. That made three goals for L. Cosma and he was marked down for the hat trick. The players of Weißwasser now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. 0 - 4 was the halftime score. Weißwasser claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 62 percent.

66 minutes into the game, J. Bastic had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came D. Riezinger. T. D'Alessio was handed the Borussia captain's armband. The referee showed Weißwasser's R. Gassner the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. A drive down the left side allowed L. Cosma to get in close and score another goal for Weißwasser after 72 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 5. K. Hassan was called on to replace Borussia's M. Ziegesar after 85 minutes following a nasty collision. After 86 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed L. Cosma to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 6. A spectacular volley from C. Vraciu almost resulted in a goal, but a good save from the keeper kept it out, and L. Cosma could only knock the loose ball wide. With 88 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed R. Gassner of Weißwasser to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 7. Weißwasser had most of the ball, with 63 percent of possession.

Borussia's best player was G. Owschlag. M. Goß on the other hand, had a terrible day. Weißwasser's best player was F. Grimm. E. Hetzer was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 7.