Düsseldorf 0 - 0 Sausrum (384345996)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 31904 at Olympic Rheinarena today. Facundo Rodas was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Tommaso Floris and Stéphane Fère. Düsseldorf tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Von der Mühll - Landemaine, Longo, Skartados - Lemos, Kolehmainen, Pirpamer, Štryncl, Dufaj - Ulfsson, Gottfeldt.

Sausrum had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Gutiérrez - Betas, Schwelm, Hämmerlein - Notbom, Zelenović, Krontiris, Kammerer, Seibel - Chadicov, Leykauf.

Sausrum demonstrated their creative tactics on the field. With 15 minutes played V. Štryncl almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, W. Schwelm got himself booked. The manager of Sausrum was not happy. V. Štryncl of Düsseldorf was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. Sausrum had a magnificent opportunity after 44 minutes as F. Seibel hit the ball hard from the edge of the penalty box. However, the shot went wide. Düsseldorf made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left J. Kolehmainen completely alone with keeper P. Gutiérrez, who made a spectacular block. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 0. Sausrum claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 55 percent.

The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave F. Seibel from Sausrum a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 59 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Düsseldorf's L. Gottfeldt was shown a yellow card after 60 minutes for slicing down an opponent. As the 75 minute mark approached, the Sausrum coach decided it was time for a substitution. H. Notbom reluctantly made way for M. Starnberg on the pitch. Düsseldorf created a good opportunity to score 77 minutes into the match when T. Skartados's hooked ball from the left created a scuffle in front of the goal, and the visitors' defenders had a hard time clearing the ball. 85 minutes into the game, Sausrum wanted to bring some new energy to their game. A. Leykauf gave M. Velčić a quick hug as he left the field. Sausrum had most of the ball, with 56 percent of possession.

Most important Düsseldorf player was G. Ulfsson. G. Lemos turned in a dismal performance, however. A. Zelenović performed admirably for Sausrum. However, P. Gutiérrez made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 0.