FC BBG 2 - 1 Germania (384344217)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 25984 had shown up at Schlosspark Arena for the match. Jussi Inglis was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Amir Al-Rasheed and Arnold Maxen. FC BBG decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Aktunç - Żwirko, Carmona, Echebarría - Rault, Sørbø, Bollmann, Torrejón, Hasanović - Weidert, Galip.

Germania tactics involved an interesting 4-5-1 combination. The following players had been chosen: Steinkirchner - Liepold, Kuhl, Kichute, Francke - Hanti, Gnapfeus, Puch, Dipold, Weißling - Schützbach.

It was obvious that Germania were using their pressing skill as their primary tactic. Germania's ability to press all over the field frequently paid dividends. At this time in the match, Germania were using their skill at pressing to successfully stifle the game. 23 minutes into the game, J. Schützbach was a hair's breadth away from giving Germania the lead with a shot from over on the left. A prompt block by M. Aktunç saved the home team that time. A well placed corner kick from R. Kichute was followed by J. Liepold's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for Germania, the score now 0 - 1. It was 0 - 1 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to FC BBG, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave M. Weidert from FC BBG a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 53 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! In a fantastic display of determination, Germania's L. Puch forced himself to his feet, after an opponent viciously knocked him down. T. Francke behaved like an inexperienced youth player after 69 minutes as he gave the ball away to É. Rault. Lucky for him though, there was no goal. 74 minutes in, and FC BBG were able to score the equalising goal to make it 1 - 1 when M. Torrejón picked up a pass coming in from the right and chipped it past the away team's keeper. The home crowd breathed a collective sigh of relief when A. Dipold was unable to put the ball in the net after his show of skill down the left 75 minutes into the match. He was seen beating the pitch in frustration at missing such a good chance to give his team the lead! 82 minutes in, the referee awarded FC BBG a penalty. M. Torrejón coolly slotted it home for a 2 - 1 lead. After 84 minutes, Germania's A. Hanti fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! S. Gnapfeus made a good effort at breaking through on the right, but the home team's left defence cleared the ball to a corner. N. Dool was called on to replace FC BBG's A. Bollmann after 87 minutes following a nasty collision. The FC BBG captaincy was handed to A. Echebarría. FC BBG had most of the ball, with 55 percent of possession.

Most important FC BBG player was M. Weidert. On the other hand, N. Dool's play was disheartening. The most dominating Germania player was without a doubt A. Dipold. R. Kichute on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 1.