die 04 rer 3 - 1 Cunnersdorf (353402341)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 24761 to Die Aspirin - Kuschelarena. Nicolai Sepstrup was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jan-Niklas Rossgatterer and Vasil Tzachev. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for die 04 rer. Lineup: Voychuk - Rãgãlie, Stolpp, Geller, Thurau - van Brussel, Gayl, Jagoń, Korpa - Brøgger, Vučković.

Cunnersdorf decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. Starters: Moalem - Klingler, Krasenbrink, Pichler-Schorkopf - Pluymert, Oranlı, Langnaese, Parmenov - Vilardebó, Lindholm, Triani.

die 04 rer saw most attack opportunities on the wings. die 04 rer's A. Korpa got himself booked for a foul. Cunnersdorf's T. Oranlı went down after a savage challenge, but could continue playing after some medical attention. 23 minutes into the match, Cunnersdorf nearly took the lead, as N. Lindholm broke through on the right. V. Voychuk made the save, however. After a fine move down the middle F. Rãgãlie nearly gave the home side a goal after 24 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, J. Vilardebó got himself booked. The manager of Cunnersdorf was not happy. With 38 minutes played, die 04 rer's well-worked indirect free kick caused havoc in the penalty area, and when the ball eventually fell to A. Jagoń he gleefully slotted the ball home to make it 1 - 0. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Cunnersdorf, with 53 percent of the ball.

The crowd was silenced 59 minutes into the match as the visiting team's P. Parmenov came in from the left, levelling the score to 1 - 1. 60 minutes into the game, die 04 rer wanted to bring some new energy to their game. T. van Brussel gave G. Witzke a quick hug as he left the field. After 60 minutes, the die 04 rer coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving A. Jagoń off the field. E. García took his place. 65 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a die 04 rer substitution. K. Polansky came on for G. Geller. die 04 rer were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, J. Stolpp scored for die 04 rer putting them ahead 2 - 1, after 79 minutes. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. E. García squirmed through their central defence after 82 minutes, increasing the lead to 3 - 1. Coming in on the left, P. Triani did everything right to get a goal for Cunnersdorf after 85 minutes, but his finishing shot was stabbed clear by the keeper. Possession in this half belonged to die 04 rer, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

Most important die 04 rer player was A. Vučković. V. Voychuk was a disappointment, however. Cunnersdorf's top performer was clearly J. Vilardebó. P. Parmenov turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 3 - 1.