Bänkle 2 - 1 Horrenberg (384327630)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and SC Stadion im Präsidentenhof saw a crowd turnout of 26843. Arto Tuomela was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Tõnu Freimann and Harald Bronstein. Bänkle decided to use a 2-5-3 set up. They fielded: Louhesto - Domizzi, Hyata - Bozsik, Benedejčič, Thuis, Sičić, Iordăchioaie - Kleibergen, Szondy, Mocanu.

Horrenberg started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Charłampowicz - Sarlemijn, Riebel, Wefring - Kretsch, Slor, Bilbao, Helpup - Teigen, Nowack, Lore.

Bänkle tried to focus their attacks down the middle. Bänkle had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. After a fine move down the middle I. Szondy nearly gave the home side a goal after 3 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. I. Szondy gave Bänkle the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 1 - 0 I. Szondy of Bänkle received a yellow card after 26 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Bänkle players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. Bänkle's G. Iordăchioaie saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 29 minutes. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, N. Helpup got himself booked. The manager of Horrenberg was not happy. Halftime score was 1 - 0. Bänkle had most of the ball, with 60 percent of possession.

Against a lesser team, Bänkle could very well have succeeded with their smart indirect free kick routine after 50 minutes. A trio of passes took the ball all the way past the defenders, but by then the intended recipient was already blocked off and the keeper could make a leisurely save. P. Nowack finished off a quick charge from the left of the field by chipping the ball just past the home side's keeper, making the score 1 - 1 64 minutes into the match. They were singing the praises of M. Benedejčič 73 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 2 - 1 to Bänkle. 75 minutes in, Bänkle's A. Mocanu received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. G. Iordăchioaie should probably have put his team up another goal after 82 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by K. Charłampowicz kept the visitors in the game. After 83 minutes a well-practised indirect free kick routine by Horrenberg was easily anticipated by the defenders. The players forward were so well marked, they were left with few viable options. Bänkle claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 58 percent.

The most dominating Bänkle player was without a doubt M. Benedejčič. On the other hand, M. Louhesto's play was disheartening. Horrenberg's top performer was clearly L. Teigen. K. Charłampowicz was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 1.