Loosers 4 - 1 Cheltenham (384110258)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Leütenhaven saw a crowd turnout of 48949. Jorge Enrique Lozada was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Dave Vlok and Alois Kopečný. Loosers tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Hickey - Cobianu, Yiannitsas, Jongeling - Kupper, Campanera, Cabrito, Scheie, von Campenhausen - Liland, Wulffen.

Cheltenham had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Gülören - Tüddelich, Felgen, Souza Nunes - Weinaug, Rauff, Sporsheim, Johansen, Hooson - Reichenberger, Nilsen.

After some beautiful movement down the left wing, G. von Campenhausen scored for Loosers putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 12 minutes. There was concern in the stands when, at the 29 minute mark, Cheltenham's H. Johansen hit the ground hard, but he refused the attention of the trainer and rejoined his teammates on the pitch. The crowd was silenced 30 minutes into the match as the visiting team's J. Rauff came in from the left, levelling the score to 1 - 1. Loosers had a good opportunity to take the lead as G. von Campenhausen came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of L. Gülören. U. Wulffen gave Loosers the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 2 - 1 The visitors kept the pressure on to tie the game when, after 40 minutes, J. Rauff broke through the centre and found himself alone with the keeper. D. Hickey made a great block, though. It was 2 - 1 at the break. Loosers had most of the ball, with 57 percent of possession.

48 minutes into the game, L. Gülören had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came E. Akazie. H. Johansen was handed the Cheltenham captain's armband. Cheers filled the stadium as U. Wulffen broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 3 - 1 to Loosers. J. Jongeling of Loosers was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. Loosers put in a good effort on the right, but R. Campanera saw his volley fly wide of the mark 66 minutes into the game. Cheltenham needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 72 minutes H. Johansen made way for F. Hirschbühl. The Cheltenham captaincy was handed to K. Reichenberger. E. Hooson of Cheltenham received a yellow card after 74 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. K. Reichenberger had a lethal looking free kick that grazed the post after 75 minutes. 79 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as R. Campanera broke through, making the score 4 - 1 for Loosers. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Loosers lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Possession in this half belonged to Loosers, who controlled the ball 55 percent of the time.

Most important Loosers player was K. Liland. However, K. Yiannitsas made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating Cheltenham player was without a doubt N. Nilsen. E. Akazie on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 4 - 1.