Sulzbach 4 - 3 Perskindolieros (369178512)

47903 spectators arrived at CX Pallas Executive Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. David Vilner was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Eskil Jalasoja and Anders Håkansson. Everyone was excited about the upcoming Zürich derby and the crowd was divided evenly. Sulzbach decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Lineup: Papalino - Majdan, Uranus, Tepla, Arntsen - Budianto, Göknar, Dobler, Ben Yahia - Petrosino, Sauber.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Perskindolieros. The following players had been chosen: Gartner - Herédi, Opriş, Albiol - Roger, Micale, Meller, Fourmy, Maire - Payet, Zöller.

Sulzbach tried to focus their attacks down the middle. The wings were the focus of most of Perskindolieros's attacks today. After 5 minutes of play, M. Uranus gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right. Sulzbach put in a good effort on the right, but H. Dobler saw his volley fly wide of the mark 21 minutes into the game. E. Micale was the first to reach the corner kick, but his header was blocked by the keeper. However, Perskindolieros's J. Fourmy managed to get hold of the rebound and tucked the ball into the empty net. 1 - 1 Perskindolieros's E. Micale gave the visitors a 1 - 2 lead after 33 minutes with a superb strike from the right. 34 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 1 - 3 as M. Herédi finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. By now, the players in Perskindolieros felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. Sulzbach's fans were urging them forward as they tried to get back into the game, and their vocal support was rewarded 36 minutes into the match as M. Budianto ran onto a beautiful ball played through the visitors' defence and slotted it past the keeper to reduce the deficit. 2 - 3. 2 - 3 was the score after the first half. Sulzbach enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 55 percent of possession.

Sulzbach needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 50 minutes M. Budianto made way for E. Toma. Sulzbach were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. After 51 minutes of play, D. Sauber evened things up for Sulzbach with an impressive goal coming up the middle. 3 - 3. 63 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a Perskindolieros substitution. P. Rohrig came on for B. Meller. With the match clock at 65 minutes, Perskindolieros modified their style of play a little bit. Priding himself in being an active coach, the Perskindolieros manager gave new instructions to his players after 65 minutes. They were singing the praises of Ç. Göknar 74 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 4 - 3 to Sulzbach. A. Ben Yahia always provides an aerial threat at corners, and with 76 minutes gone, he demonstrated this, outjumping his marker, then letting out an anguished howl as his powerful header went narrowly wide. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Sulzbach, with 56 percent of the ball.

H. Dobler performed admirably for Sulzbach. A. Ben Yahia turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating Perskindolieros player was without a doubt P. Payet. On the other hand, K. Gartner's play was disheartening. The match ends 4 - 3.