Bierathlonkicker 4 - 1 Sterkrade-Nord (384281701)

Due to an all-day shower, 41904 paying spectators got to see a match on a pitch-turned-bog at Silbersee Arena. Thorbjørn Lønbæk was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Fabricius Wolfsschlucht and Soriano Mut. Bierathlonkicker tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: van Meer - Basualdo, Bäckerei, Bonamusa - Duverberg, Ebersgöns, Schörnig, Pollhammer, Boujelben - Allwang, Pureza.

Sterkrade-Nord started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Schöberl - Protopapadakis, Raptsevich, Bregnsbo - Cayo, Yohanna, Fussthaler, Iguerabide, Schiavelli - van Schelven, Olofsson.

The rain made it hard for players like S. Iguerabide to show their technical control of the ball on this soggy day. Bierathlonkicker could have put themselves ahead after 16 minutes but H. Boujelben missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. Bierathlonkicker's D. Basualdo got himself booked for a foul. D. Schöberl was the unlucky victim and couldn't continue the game, so Sterkrade-Nord's W. Luś had to come off the bench. Some good play on the left wing created an opportunity for the visitors 21 minutes into the match, and R. Olofsson wasn't about to let it go by. He got past the defenders and fired a shot that the keeper just missed. 0 - 1 for the visitors. 0 - 1 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to Bierathlonkicker, who controlled the ball 59 percent of the time.

The Bierathlonkicker coach was desperate to reverse his team's fortunes in the game, and ordered his team to change strategy. After a fatal mistake from the away team's right side defence 62 minutes into the match, an alert H. Bäckerei bagged the ball for Bierathlonkicker, levelling the score to 1 - 1. The corner kick from H. Bäckerei was powerfully met by the head of J. Ebersgöns to make the score 2 - 1. In an effort to secure the lead, Bierathlonkicker changed their tactic after 68 minutes. After a short break after 68 minutes, Bierathlonkicker seemed to change their tactical approach a bit. The visitors' equaliser seemed sure to come after 69 minutes, following a one on one situation around the left hand side of the goal area, but E. van Meer got the best of it, blocking the shot from S. Iguerabide. J. Ebersgöns showed why he is feared on the counterattack, breaking through in the middle and scoring for Bierathlonkicker after 70 minutes to make the score 3 - 1. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Bierathlonkicker coach let L. Scheichl replace B. Duverberg after 70 minutes. S. Protopapadakis of Sterkrade-Nord received a yellow card after 77 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Given a free kick in a difficult position after 82 minutes, Bierathlonkicker tried a variation that they had practised in training. The kick was sent into the area just in front of the keeper. However, the defence were on their toes and allowed no space for a finish. Bierathlonkicker put in a good effort on the right, but D. Basualdo saw his volley fly wide of the mark 83 minutes into the game. Cheers filled the stadium as H. Boujelben broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 4 - 1 to Bierathlonkicker. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Bierathlonkicker, with 65 percent of the ball.

J. Pureza performed admirably for Bierathlonkicker. L. Scheichl was a disappointment, however. Most important Sterkrade-Nord player was R. Olofsson. W. Luś on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 4 - 1.