Sporting 0 - 1 Rappl-Speer (372334566)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Crembs Arena saw a crowd turnout of 40871. Bill Nordby was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Daniel Dumitrescu and Todd Nolan. All of Niederösterreich was shut down for the day, as fans of both clubs came to the derby. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Sporting. They fielded: Vigato - Rockel, Dellacha, Rangelov - Cambra, Hernáiz, Matujewicz, Givens, Bezvoda - Parlane, Achenbach.

Rappl-Speer decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Lineup: Kova - Senna, Kendlbacher, Mendeš, Kellermann - Atıf, Mark, Steinbauer, Syversen - Delarue, Milanov.

For their match strategy, Rappl-Speer had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. Some great play up the middle by Sporting led to a chance for J. Givens to score after 3 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. The referee showed Sporting's E. Achenbach the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Rappl-Speer's C. Atıf was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the opposition's box - V. Milanov managed to volley one of them into the net to make it 0 - 1 after 37 minutes. The home crowd was pulling their hair out after P. Bezvoda missed a penalty shot by miles 39 minutes into the game. 0 - 1 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to Sporting, who controlled the ball 62 percent of the time.

Content with how the game was proceeding, the Rappl-Speer coach let X. Tourón replace H. Mark after 75 minutes. M. Steinbauer left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 75 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. B. Konsel was the replacement. Sporting needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 77 minutes M. Parlane made way for B. Mitroi. T. Vigato got a fingertip on C. Atıf's shot from the left 80 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. Sporting's J. Givens made an attempt at equalising 82 minutes into the match, coming in from the right, but the ball hit the post and the defence easily cleared the rebound. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Sporting, with 56 percent of the ball.

Sporting's best player was B. Mitroi. A. Rangelov turned in a dismal performance, however. Rappl-Speer's top performer was clearly O. Delarue. However, R. Kendlbacher made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 1.