Lengde 1 - 2 traktorgrüngürtel (368958938)

It had rained all day, but 11156 hardy fans still made it out to Lengde LÖWENZWINGER. Carmelo Azócar was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Rui Sampaio and Hindrich Forst. Lengde decided to use a 5-3-2 set up. Starters: Valenzuela - Scarpati, Elberse, Patrício, Botelho, Sprendlingen - Aköz, Halford, Ipsmüller - Steen, Lonjaret.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for traktorgrüngürtel. Lineup: Spann - Aristimuño, Langenfelde, Lachswehr, Noponen - Eigendorf, Tornei, Haadl, Zhurbin - Thévenaz, Monteleone.

This was a good period for the visitors, with several opportunities to take the lead, particularly when R. Thévenaz slipped through the defence on the right to come up alone against D. Valenzuela, but the home side's keeper showed his lightning reflexes. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave M. Noponen from traktorgrüngürtel a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 13 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! F. Lachswehr spent most of the time in a heap on the ground today, his normally rapid movement hindered by the slippery pitch. Down the middle came F. Lachswehr, making a fantastic play that nearly had traktorgrüngürtel take the lead after 17 minutes, but D. Valenzuela preserved the tie. After the game, the most discussed event will probably be the penalty given after 18 minutes that gave the visitors the 0 - 1 lead. Despite the controversy, A. Tornei struck home the penalty, as cool as anything. After 28 minutes, traktorgrüngürtel's E. Monteleone burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 2. 0 - 2 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to traktorgrüngürtel, who controlled the ball 68 percent of the time.

Lengde's G. Aköz found himself alone on the left side 49 minutes into the match and laid down a perfect shot - right into the arms of the keeper! Lengde's H. Ipsmüller was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the opposition's box - T. Steen managed to volley one of them into the net to make it 1 - 2 after 57 minutes. 59 minutes into the game, Lengde seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a weak level of organisation. traktorgrüngürtel came close to extending their lead as O. Aristimuño delivered a low effort on goal from the right after 65 minutes, but the angle was too narrow and the shot went harmlessly into the side netting. traktorgrüngürtel had most of the ball, with 81 percent of possession.

Lengde's top performer was clearly P. Lonjaret. On the other hand, R. Patrício's play was disheartening. A. Tornei performed admirably for traktorgrüngürtel. F. Lachswehr on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 2.