Babenhausen 2 - 0 Mühsam (384366607)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 21882 at Schlachtfeld Babenhausen today. Meinrad Torretta was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Folke Naßl and Anders Ulriksen. Babenhausen tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Genchi - Bhatti, 關方 (Guanfang), 軒嘉 (Xuanjia) - Timm, Nizautsou, Wierzbiński, Maust, Karvala - Ceschina, Stević.

Mühsam started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. The following players took the field: Riipinen - Silberbauer, Seerosen, Filippelli, Svenningsen - Franckenstein, Saygun, Kutschke, Prieur, Vaidis - Dioh.

Today, Mühsam's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. 38 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for Babenhausen to take the lead after a good cross from the right found L. Nizautsou alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. 0 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Babenhausen, with 57 percent of the ball.

Babenhausen were very close to putting themselves one up after 47 minutes as J. Maust got through on the left, but failing in concentration, he shot the ball wide. 60 minutes in, the referee awarded Babenhausen a penalty. M. Stević coolly slotted it home for a 1 - 0 lead. After 65 minutes, Mühsam switched N. Silberbauer with A. Franssen, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. With 76 minutes played, the Mühsam coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. R. Deree came on, J. Kutschke had to leave the fray. M. Franckenstein became the new Mühsam captain. Mühsam's A. Franssen was shown a yellow card after 77 minutes for slicing down an opponent. It was obvious that Mühsam had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. With 79 minutes gone, T. Svenningsen suddenly found himself completely free on the right wing when a counterattack by Mühsam caught their opponents by surprise. Only a great save by the opposing keeper prevented him from scoring. Mühsam needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 80 minutes W. Dioh made way for U. Schuster-Otto. Mühsam had a magnificent opportunity after 85 minutes as U. Schuster-Otto hit the ball hard from the edge of the penalty box. However, the shot went wide. T. Karvala unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. Babenhausen's 王. 軒嘉 (Xuanjia) was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 87 minutes. Babenhausen had to make a substitution after 89 minutes. M. Stević limped off the field and was replaced by S. Ratouli. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. S. Ratouli squirmed through their central defence after 89 minutes, increasing the lead to 2 - 0. Babenhausen had most of the ball, with 56 percent of possession.

The most dominating Babenhausen player was without a doubt L. Nizautsou. R. Timm turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important Mühsam player was É. Prieur. However, M. Filippelli made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 0.