samstar 0 - 8 FCRassan (286626651)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Samstar Arena saw a crowd turnout of 12000. Jacob Spot was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Balthazar Van der Heyden and Tobi Dilthey. samstar started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. They fielded: Grünbichler - Wolf, Mühlbauer, Sterzl, Schubbauer - Schober, Schmied, Moosbrugger, Bogner - Strassl, Gratzer.

FCRassan had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Kormos - Molbratt, Anderson, Bæk - Ziegler, Mück, Pribil, Franz, Ringhofer - Pinto, Radanovic.

Some good play on the left wing created an opportunity for the visitors 21 minutes into the match, and Q. Pinto wasn't about to let it go by. He got past the defenders and fired a shot that the keeper just missed. 0 - 1 for the visitors. The home crowd cheered when, after 28 minutes, J. Pribil's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. A defender managed to keep the ball from crossing the goal-line after a curling shot coming in from the right from M. Anderson after 29 minutes, and prevented FCRassan from going up another goal. 33 minutes into the game, B. Ziegler had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came F. Heu. 34 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 2 as K. Molbratt finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. The players of FCRassan now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. After 37 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for F. Heu who increased FCRassan's lead to 0 - 3. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 3. FCRassan enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 86 percent of possession.

The visitors' Q. Pinto took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 54 minutes into the match. 0 - 4 for FCRassan. After 58 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave R. Radanovic a chance to increase the lead for FCRassan, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 5. E. Sterzl of samstar was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. After 65 minutes of game time, E. Mück had an excellent opportunity to add to the visitors' lead, clipping a volley hooked in from the right, but P. Grünbichler was in the right place and tipped the ball over for a corner. The home crowd was not impressed when E. Mück came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 72 minutes. FCRassan were now up 0 - 6. After 76 minutes F. Heu made a speedy advance and dropped the ball to Q. Pinto who shuffled it past the keeper. The score was now 0 - 7. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for Q. Pinto. The FCRassan free kick 78 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of R. Radanovic, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 0 - 8! FCRassan had most of the ball, with 90 percent of possession.

samstar's top performer was clearly E. Sterzl. P. Grünbichler was a disappointment, however. Q. Pinto performed admirably for FCRassan. On the other hand, F. Heu's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 8.