Schlicktown 2 - 1 Witten07-32 (384397580)

24189 spectators arrived at Schlicktown Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Bjørn Bondeli was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Marco Migliaccio and Davy Van Ackerbroeck. Schlicktown tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Asaf - Botero, Kozma, Marek - Colonnello, Tomkiel, Bowser, Richard, Suárez - Lamont, Almeida Carvalho.

Witten07-32 started off with a 5-4-1 lineup. The following players took the field: Röll - Varnhagen, Witschke, Håkansson, Eitdorf, Waldbauer - Lucas, Walenta, Gianella, Šarčević - van der Duin.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Witten07-32. Priding himself in being an active coach, the Schlicktown manager gave new instructions to his players after 1 minutes. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, M. Richard scored for Schlicktown putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 9 minutes. The counterattacks of Witten07-32 were deadly and 14 minutes into the game, P. Gianella received a nice pass from the right flank, making it 1 - 1. Witten07-32's K. Röll had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 17 minutes having been played. T. Schön was the replacement. With 28 minutes played A. Lamont almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. After 29 minutes Witten07-32 tried to exploit their counterattacking skills, unfortunately, D. Šarčević's shot sailed wide after his break down the right. Witten07-32 had to make a substitution after 31 minutes. K. Håkansson limped off the field and was replaced by C. Ludwigslust. Halftime score was 1 - 1. Schlicktown had most of the ball, with 66 percent of possession.

Witten07-32 almost scored after a counterattack 62 minutes into the match, but L. Varnhagen took a shot from the left that landed harmlessly in the side of the net. After 79 minutes, the home side was awarded a penalty. The visitors protested wildly but the referee was adamant. A. Lamont easily put the ball away to give the lead to Schlicktown. 2 - 1 D. Bowser unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. Schlicktown claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 69 percent.

Schlicktown's best player was A. Lamont. Z. Kozma was a disappointment, however. M. van der Duin performed admirably for Witten07-32. T. Schön turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 2 - 1.