Öhringen 4 - 2 Orlangur (384322879)

Dark skies made the crowd of 23000 at PKS 09 Stadion a little nervous, but the rain held off. Heino Heikkinen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Manuel Antonio Alba and Vassilis Koutromichalis. Öhringen had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. They fielded: Laňka - Gaba, Estivill, Fedotov - Öztarhan, Gušo, Zehetmaier, Malakoudis - Ferahet, Ankić, Lüke.

Orlangur tactics involved an interesting 5-3-2 combination. Lineup: Rudian - Miravent, Akkan, Paler, Sardo, Gatzke - Moreira, Güneş, Lustig - Griller, Brokholm.

Öhringen mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. Orlangur clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. Some great play up the middle by Öhringen led to a chance for V. Lüke to score after 4 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. Öhringen fans held their breath as V. Lüke scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 1 - 0! Orlangur's S. Lustig was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 13 minutes. Cheers filled the stadium as A. Gušo broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 2 - 0 to Öhringen. Öhringen's E. Zehetmaier had an excellent opportunity after 27 minutes, shooting after receiving a pass from the right hand side, but he missed the goal by miles! H. Moreira was in the clear after breaking the offside trap following a Orlangur counterattack from the left after 28 minutes. His neat finish made the score 2 - 1. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to Öhringen, who controlled the ball 73 percent of the time.

After 46 minutes, Orlangur switched H. Moreira with D. Bäckander, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. E. Zehetmaier sailed high above the opponents as he headed in a corner kick from E. Öztarhan after 51 minutes of play, making the score 3 - 1. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Öhringen lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. With 53 minutes played, the Orlangur coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. O. Wadern came on, O. Akkan had to leave the fray. The Orlangur players listened closely to their manager, as he gave new tactical instructions for the team. E. Öztarhan should probably have put his team up another goal after 65 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by A. Rudian kept the visitors in the game. 67 minutes in, Öhringen's A. Gušo received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Central attacks were the recipe of the day for Öhringen, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. I. Ankić squirmed through their central defence after 69 minutes, increasing the lead to 4 - 1. It was obvious that team Öhringen had instructions to attack in the middle instead of on the wings. Öhringen's O. Ferahet saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 72 minutes. S. Lustig showed why he is feared on the counterattack, breaking through in the middle and scoring for Orlangur after 73 minutes to make the score 4 - 2. The referee showed Öhringen's O. Fedotov the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. The bench was restless, and with 77 minutes passed Orlangur's coach gave P. Saba the opportunity the player had been hoping for. E. Güneş reluctantly left the field. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Öhringen, with 69 percent of the ball.

The most dominating Öhringen player was without a doubt V. Lüke. M. Laňka turned in a dismal performance, however. Orlangur's top performer was clearly J. Brokholm. A. Sardo on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 4 - 2.