Ruhrgebietskämpfer 1 - 1 Devils (384392583)

Dark skies made the crowd of 23086 at Ruhrkampfstadion a little nervous, but the rain held off. Wido Aardewijn was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Alexander Tuykov and Edgar Brandon. Ruhrgebietskämpfer had chosen a strategic 5-3-2 formation. Starters: Villaragut - van Willegen, van Spijk, Gravino-Weinert, Capuano, Kuras - Beg, Cristelos, Ponzio - Lochocki, Tunkkari.

Devils decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. They fielded: Kreider - Haager, Daguenet, Vilanova - Badewitz, Blomgreen, Breznyik, Grymek - Zadoya, Debouny, Elçi.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Ruhrgebietskämpfer. Devils clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. 16 minutes into the game, Devils had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to solid. Devils had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially 22 minutes in when K. Grymek came up alone against V. Villaragut who managed a block. With 23 minutes played S. Tunkkari almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. 0 - 1 was the score with 34 minutes played, after O. Zadoya cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for Devils. M. Lacalle Iñiguez was called on to replace Devils's O. Zadoya after 41 minutes following a nasty collision. The goal to make it 1 - 1 was scored by P. Capuano after 43 minutes, following an opportunistic counterattack down the middle by Ruhrgebietskämpfer. It was 1 - 1 at the break. Devils had most of the ball, with 54 percent of possession.

During the break, Devils's coach went through the team's tactics yet again, getting them up to solid organisation. Ruhrgebietskämpfer had a good opportunity to take the lead as O. Lochocki came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of L. Kreider. Ruhrgebietskämpfer mounted an inspired counterattack down the right wing after 80 minutes, but P. Kuras was unable to convert from short range. Possession in this half belonged to Devils, who controlled the ball 55 percent of the time.

The most dominating Ruhrgebietskämpfer player was without a doubt O. Lochocki. M. Gravino-Weinert turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important Devils player was B. Elçi. M. Lacalle Iñiguez on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 1.