Scherlebeck 0 - 2 Frankfurt (380275242)

Dark skies made the crowd of 22986 at Jahnstadion a little nervous, but the rain held off. Thomas Bourguignon was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Johan Olsson and Mieczyslaw Sipinski. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Scherlebeck. Starters: von der Wehd - Bordenave, Rønnov, Venasco - Godaux, Salvioni, Pascucci, Schubeck, Francis - Pletcher, Bruna.

Frankfurt had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Lineup: Hölzl - Terreri, Şerban, Pairó, Yngvesson - Lopes, Leesen, Hautala, Cardinal - Pascual, Makhlav.

Frankfurt took the lead 24 minutes into the game, making the score 0 - 1 after some elegant movement down the middle. G. Pairó was the scorer. D. Yngvesson of Frankfurt was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. P. Ramhapp was called on to replace Scherlebeck's B. Rønnov after 39 minutes following a nasty collision. Halftime score was 0 - 1. Scherlebeck enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 56 percent of possession.

T. Leesen increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 2. The players of Frankfurt now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. Scherlebeck's A. Pletcher got himself booked for a foul. A loud groan was heard from the fans of Frankfurt, as A. Lopes left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. O. Liborio took his place on the field. Scherlebeck had to make a substitution after 66 minutes. P. Ramhapp limped off the field and was replaced by C. Weel. Good work by the Frankfurt defensive line after 75 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found T. Leesen alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. Possession in this half belonged to Scherlebeck, who controlled the ball 57 percent of the time.

Scherlebeck's best player was A. Pletcher. C. Weel turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating Frankfurt player was without a doubt G. Pairó. O. Liborio on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 2.