Rotes 1 - 5 Züri_Gunners (379857370)

Dark skies made the crowd of 1626 at Athene 2007 a little nervous, but the rain held off. Adrián Thorsen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Julio Linera and Frode Henriksen. Rotes tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Piekarzewski - Iordãchescu, Ruutu, Bonilla - Preiser, Giannerini, Gorelli, Lutz, Karapici - Kern-Pongratz, Caiazza.

Züri_Gunners had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Luginbuehl - Dufort, Svendsen, Saam - Littore, Matac, Estoppey, Stoller, Halilah - Heiniger, Schaller.

Rotes clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. Züri_Gunners mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. B. Kern-Pongratz showed why he is feared on the counterattack, breaking through in the middle and scoring for Rotes after 9 minutes to make the score 1 - 0. H. Halilah finished off the counterattack of Züri_Gunners from the left rather easily, making the score 1 - 1. 1 - 1 was the halftime score. Züri_Gunners had most of the ball, with 67 percent of possession.

Some quick footwork on the left side of the field 57 minutes into the match left Züri_Gunners's F. Littore completely free to score. 1 - 2 for the visitors. With 58 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed G. Estoppey of Züri_Gunners to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 1 - 3. Some fine movement on the left led to a Züri_Gunners goal after 67 minutes, making it 1 - 4. I. Svendsen was noted down as the scorer. N. Schaller received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 68 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 1 - 5. The Züri_Gunners fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. After this, you could see that the players of Züri_Gunners were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. With 73 minutes played, L. Saam nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. The Züri_Gunners players could smell victory in the air. A. Heiniger wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for N. Zublena after 75 minutes. After 75 minutes, the Züri_Gunners players received new instructions from their manager on how to keep in control of the game. Possession in this half belonged to Züri_Gunners, who controlled the ball 72 percent of the time.

The most dominating Rotes player was without a doubt B. Kern-Pongratz. Ç. Karapici was a disappointment, however. G. Estoppey performed admirably for Züri_Gunners. On the other hand, H. Halilah's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 5.