Olympique 2 - 3 Köln-Ehrenfeld (368924724)

17976 spectators arrived at Agent-Hohl Stadium, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Yorrick Craanen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Dragan Drakulić and Pierre Daeze. Olympique decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. They fielded: Pascual - Barborinas, Suner, Saidys - Del Zotti, Carpentieri, Uusitalo, Everts - Nesim, Garnier, Dumontier.

Köln-Ehrenfeld started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Pintelon - Åhgård, Esebeck, Diez Canseco - Meesschaert, Balling, Maksimovs, Lubig-Schlosser, Canelas - Guénet, Gal.

Olympique clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. E. Barborinas gave Olympique the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 1 - 0 A foul called during a Olympique counterattack resulted in a great chance to score, but S. Del Zotti's shot rattled off the post. With 27 minutes played, the visitors almost levelled the score. C. Diez Canseco shot a hard curved free kick, striking the post. After 32 minutes, the visitors tied it up at 1 - 1 when a fantastic pass from the left was finished off by S. Maksimovs. Halftime score was 1 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Köln-Ehrenfeld, with 63 percent of the ball.

After 48 minutes, Olympique sent a free kick in high over the penalty box. In what looked like a well-rehearsed move, the ball was headed backwards and reached G. Nesim, who had plenty of space to place a well aimed shot - 2 - 1. K. Åhgård finished off a quick charge from the left of the field by chipping the ball just past the home side's keeper, making the score 2 - 2 53 minutes into the match. 65 minutes into the game, E. Meesschaert almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. E. Saidys neatly controlled the ball after a short corner, and knocked it on to G. Nesim who had the whole net open before him, but only managed to hit the post. Köln-Ehrenfeld's A. Lubig-Schlosser had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 73 minutes having been played. N. Platschka was the replacement. Köln-Ehrenfeld's M. Guénet gave the visitors a 2 - 3 lead after 77 minutes with a superb strike from the right. 78 minutes into the match, R. Esebeck came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. Possession in this half belonged to Köln-Ehrenfeld, who controlled the ball 65 percent of the time.

Olympique's best player was S. Del Zotti. However, M. Pascual made a disastrous appearance. Köln-Ehrenfeld's top performer was clearly S. Maksimovs. C. Diez Canseco turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 2 - 3.