Vorwärts 3 - 0 alfafan1 (380274973)

Dark skies made the crowd of 16946 at Wulfkamp Kampfbahn a little nervous, but the rain held off. Thomas Ohlstad was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Drazic Vercammen and José Mota. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Vorwärts. Starters: Lazar - Balsamo, Pazols, Korf - Poorthuis, Wolkenhaar, Arnautović, Sinnes, Sinimäe - Reinertsen, Fedder.

alfafan1 tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Giacomini - Zäuner, Frankenhausen, Ciuffi - Vişan, Stensland, Bloemhoff, Kliba, Aloe - Grunfeld, Asselman.

With 3 minutes played, Vorwärts's well-worked indirect free kick caused havoc in the penalty area, and when the ball eventually fell to J. Pazols he gleefully slotted the ball home to make it 1 - 0. Vorwärts's O. Arnautović was shown a yellow card after 10 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Vorwärts's O. Arnautović had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 23 minutes having been played. F. Leibitz was the replacement. As the captain was no longer on the pitch, J. Sinnes took over the role of being the Vorwärts captain. alfafan1 had a chance to level the score as M. Grunfeld suddenly found himself free in the middle of the box with only the keeper to beat, but he misjudged the finish, and only managed to hit the bar. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Vorwärts to 2 - 0 as F. Poorthuis finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. 2 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to alfafan1, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

G. Bloemhoff really should have scored when he was chosen by fate to confront a wide open goal following a great play by D. Ciuffi after a corner. With 64 minutes played, L. Asselman had a fantastic opportunity to reply but his shot flew harmlessly into the side-netting of the goal. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Vorwärts coach let A. Calabretta replace E. Reinertsen after 65 minutes. 67 minutes in, Vorwärts's F. Leibitz received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. After 68 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Vorwärts found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to inadequate. After 69 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and A. Sinimäe gave the Vorwärts supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 3 - 0. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Vorwärts lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. The Vorwärts players could smell victory in the air. F. Lazar wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for C. Grau after 70 minutes. 75 minutes into the game, Vorwärts seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to weak. alfafan1 had most of the ball, with 57 percent of possession.

J. Fedder performed admirably for Vorwärts. A. Calabretta turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating alfafan1 player was without a doubt F. Stensland. A. Giacomini on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 0.