fragiles 0 - 0 Thekentruppe (384293394)

35837 fans braved the pouring rain at Stade Olympe de Gouges. Desiré Baele was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jan Løvstad and Mick Sample. fragiles started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Warfsmann - Donkov, Flitsch, Hörl - Berg Sørensen, Staudtler, Ulstrup, Semmelweiß - Höke, Feudel, Mustafa.

Thekentruppe tactics involved an interesting 5-4-1 combination. Lineup: Neve - Troesch, Nachkepia, Nermo, Szejnfeld, Rathe - Kutschera, Telliadis, Çağ, Volny - Erbay.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Thekentruppe. At 17 minutes played, H. Feudel came in from the right with the intention of giving fragiles the lead, but his rocket of a shot rattled the crossbar. N. Berg Sørensen slipped and slithered in the wet grass. His usual rapid runs were nowhere to be seen today. Making his way up the middle 34 minutes into the match, H. Ulstrup almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert I. Neve blocked it to keep the score level. With 35 minutes gone, a long pass from the defence of Thekentruppe resulted in a counterattack that set B. Rathe free through the middle, but the keeper made a spectacular diving save. E. Semmelweiß was having a great game - if anything the pouring rain seemed to be spurring him on! fragiles were very close to putting themselves one up after 43 minutes as H. Ulstrup got through on the left, but failing in concentration, he shot the ball wide. Halftime score was 0 - 0. fragiles claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 67 percent.

59 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for fragiles to take the lead after a good cross from the right found E. Semmelweiß alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. After 60 minutes, Thekentruppe surprised their opponents with a breakaway counter attack. The defenders had to resort to a foul to stop it. The free kick that followed was a clever indirect effort that almost succeeded, but the defence read the situation well and the intended recipient was left ruing what might have been. G. Warfsmann would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise. V. Osojnik entered the game for fragiles as the match clock showed 63 minutes. V. Osojnik became the new fragiles captain. 70 minutes into the game, L. Flitsch had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came L. Füssl. fragiles's V. Donkov tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. Thekentruppe had to make a substitution after 85 minutes. A. Troesch limped off the field and was replaced by B. Haspel. fragiles had most of the ball, with 68 percent of possession.

The most dominating fragiles player was without a doubt E. Höke. W. Hörl turned in a dismal performance, however. K. Volny performed admirably for Thekentruppe. On the other hand, B. Haspel's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 0.