Schalke 0 - 9 Kielen (364733237)

Clouds darkened the skies at Glückauf-Kampfbahn as 6174 spectators turned up for the match. Fran Villabedón was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Alessandro Della Valle and Patrik Ahling. Schalke tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Arendt - Haustgen, Lorion, Lerosier - Bontemps, Christiansen, Toledo, Biever, Flick - Hamel, Miller.

Kielen started off with a 2-5-3 lineup. They fielded: Edgü - Gégout, Kolbach - Fredbratt, Tapia, Amet, Grettnich, Deléglise - Borgsteede, Laura, Vysaník.

The guests took the lead 3 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in O. Vysaník scoring to make it 0 - 1. 12 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 2 as Y. Gégout finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. After 27 minutes, Kielen's P. Laura burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 3. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Kielen lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. With 30 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed P. Laura of Kielen to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 4. Kielen increased their lead after 34 minutes when L. Kolbach broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 5, much to the home crowd's dismay. It was 0 - 5 at the break. Kielen enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 78 percent of possession.

With 49 minutes played, Kielen put themselves up 0 - 6 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was Q. Amet. The Kielen players could smell victory in the air. Q. Amet wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for J. Gerken after 50 minutes. 55 minutes in, Schalke appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only passable. Some fine movement on the left led to a Kielen goal after 57 minutes, making it 0 - 7. Y. Gégout was noted down as the scorer. 58 minutes into the game, Schalke seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to inadequate. N. Cachet was called on to replace Schalke's W. Haustgen after 60 minutes following a nasty collision. The home crowd was not impressed when L. Kolbach came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 62 minutes. Kielen were now up 0 - 8. P. Laura wanted to play on, but the Kielen coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 70 minutes into the game by L. Delhomme. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Kielen coach let T. Zaman replace Ş. Edgü after 70 minutes. L. Delhomme received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 72 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 9. The Kielen fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. With 76 minutes of the game having been played, M. Fredbratt received a blow to the hip in a collision and was unable to continue. Kielen, with no available replacements, now faced the prospect of finishing the game with a reduced number of players. M. Borgsteede came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle. He tried to lift the ball over T. Arendt but overcooked it and hit the bar instead. Kielen claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 79 percent.

The most dominating Schalke player was without a doubt J. Miller. On the other hand, T. Arendt's play was disheartening. Kielen's top performer was clearly O. Vysaník. J. Gerken on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 9.