Vin's 2 - 2 Dofa (372388494)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 32000 had shown up at Bründlparkstadion for the match. Mikael Ihalainen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Alessandro Raco and Thomas Aspenen. A 5-3-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Vin's. The following players had been chosen: Liñán - Rontu, Cucurullo, Ortone, Pröll, Pío - Onar, Procházka, Skapurević - 赐凯 (Cikai), Jeruzalski.

Dofa decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Luger - Marnelos, Falkiner, Górecki - Salamanca, Hirzel, Tavares Jr., Viettinghoff, Begenišić - Buchner, Van Der Stichel.

Vin's clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. Dofa mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. A well placed corner kick from M. Salamanca was followed by F. Viettinghoff's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for Dofa, the score now 0 - 1. Dofa had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. The visitors' M. Hirzel took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 26 minutes into the match. 0 - 2 for Dofa. A swift counterattack by Vin's resulted in a free kick that 耿. 赐凯 (Cikai) elegantly twisted into the goal - 1 - 2! It was 1 - 2 at the break. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Dofa, with 65 percent of the ball.

The coach of Dofa was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 46 minutes, J. Stadlbauer came on for F. Viettinghoff. After a fatal mistake from the away team's right side defence 57 minutes into the match, an alert 耿. 赐凯 (Cikai) bagged the ball for Vin's, levelling the score to 2 - 2. 75 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a Dofa substitution. G. Kutzelnigg came on for S. Buchner. With the clock showing 77 minutes played, a great pass from the defensive line of Vin's resulted in a counterattack that was smoothly brought under control by M. Skapurević in the centre of the opposition's penalty area, but his finish went high. The bicycle kick from G. Kutzelnigg would have been the Goal of the Year for Dofa, had it not hit the post. 84 minutes into the game, D. Tavares Jr. almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. After 85 minutes, the defensive line of Vin's created a counterattack through the middle that gave 耿. 赐凯 (Cikai) a good look at the goal, but his shot glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. Dofa's E. Van Der Stichel was shown a yellow card after 86 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Dofa enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 69 percent of possession.

Most important Vin's player was C. Ortone. On the other hand, E. Onar's play was disheartening. The most dominating Dofa player was without a doubt D. Tavares Jr.. J. Stadlbauer on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 2.