Blauweiss 2 - 2 socca-fever (384319851)

Dark skies made the crowd of 29683 at Spvgg M-B Arena a little nervous, but the rain held off. Mattias Davidsson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Simón Echave and Ezequiel Vázquez. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Blauweiss. The following players had been chosen: Caserio - Schleuser, von Pentz, Grangl - Flasinski, Kocademir, Moßner, Plantz, Meditz - Och, Lohmayer.

socca-fever had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. Lineup: Gelonch - Tanko, Robinson, Golov - Cobos, Vogelrain, Ruscher, Göttlicher - Westhoven, Brocks, Szustakowski.

socca-fever's M. Szustakowski managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 2 minutes. 0 - 1. The home crowd was not impressed when M. Brocks came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 21 minutes. socca-fever were now up 0 - 2. The Blauweiss free kick 31 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of S. Och, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 1 - 2! It was 1 - 2 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to Blauweiss, who controlled the ball 55 percent of the time.

Content with how the game was proceeding, the socca-fever coach let E. Grolms replace W. Westhoven after 47 minutes. T. Meditz made a superb strike after 51 minutes with a shot straight in front of the goal after a long ball through the middle, but one of the visitors' defenders got a foot in at the last second and warded it off for a corner. Unhappy with the result so far in the game, the Blauweiss manager used a brief break in play after 75 minutes to give the players new directives. D. Caserio got a fingertip on P. Golov's shot from the left 88 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave H. Lohmayer from Blauweiss a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 89 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! With a shot curled in from just outside the middle of the penalty area after 89 minutes played, E. Grangl of Blauweiss made the score 2 - 2. The home crowd breathed a collective sigh of relief when M. Brocks was unable to put the ball in the net after his show of skill down the left 89 minutes into the match. He was seen beating the pitch in frustration at missing such a good chance to give his team the lead! D. Caserio looked great 89 minutes into the match after stopping a shot from the middle of the penalty area from the visitors' R. Ruscher. Blauweiss enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 58 percent of possession.

Blauweiss's top performer was clearly E. Grangl. However, M. Schleuser made a disastrous appearance. Most important socca-fever player was M. Brocks. On the other hand, P. Gelonch's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 2.