Wagrien 3 - 4 Duisberg (384437992)

Clouds darkened the skies at Storchengrund as 20000 spectators turned up for the match. Archibald Gautreau was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Martynas Karaziejus and Jaime Rebocho. Wagrien tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Múgica - Engelbarts, Zirck, Elderman - Herrenbrücke, Pelant, Miška, Rekula, Bertan - Schinogl, Bandau.

Duisberg had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players took the field: Fengels - Dinçkal, Ameseder, Villar - Myrell, Pfaffendorf, Valenzuela Mena, Kniepändl, Nóvoa - Dubrovski, Guyer.

Wagrien were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. Duisberg used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. Wagrien took the lead 9 minutes in, as I. Elderman broke through on the left and put the 1 - 0 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. The visiting team's O. Pfaffendorf was able to score the 1 - 1 equaliser with a header 11 minutes into the match, after some good work on the right. After a fine move down the middle J. Rekula nearly gave the home side a goal after 12 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. J. Múgica looked great 22 minutes into the match after stopping a shot from the middle of the penalty area from the visitors' B. Kniepändl. The visiting D. Dubrovski was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 26 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 1 - 2 was the score. With the crowd on their feet chanting wildly, some great moves down the right hand side after 32 minutes gave Wagrien a wonderful opportunity to level the score, and D. Bandau stepped up to the challenge. 2 - 2 Central attacks were the recipe of the day for Duisberg, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. 34 minutes into the game, D. Dubrovski almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 2. Neither team was controlling the possession at this point in the match, with the stats showing a 50:50 split.

46 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a Wagrien substitution. J. Ballesteros came on for R. Herrenbrücke. Duisberg had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. Duisberg took the lead 47 minutes into the game, making the score 2 - 3 after some elegant movement down the middle. O. Guyer was the scorer. Duisberg increased their lead after 49 minutes when D. Dubrovski broke through on the right, upping the score to 2 - 4, much to the home crowd's dismay. After this, you could see that the players of Duisberg were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. After 50 minutes, Wagrien switched B. Zirck with A. Palazov, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. The Duisberg players could smell victory in the air. D. Dubrovski wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for D. Sadecki after 65 minutes. As the game started to slip away for Wagrien, the manager decided to change the tactical approach. Ş. Bertan tried to get a goal back for Wagrien but despite all his hard work down the right, he just couldn't complete the move. Had it not been for one of the home defenders, B. Nóvoa would have put Duisberg up another goal 73 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. The coach of Duisberg was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 80 minutes, R. Ibarra came on for B. Kniepändl. Wagrien's E. Schinogl cut towards the middle after 83 minutes, receiving a brilliant pass and slicing through the visiting team's central defence, reducing the lead to 3 - 4. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Duisberg, with 52 percent of the ball.

Most important Wagrien player was O. Miška. A. Engelbarts was a disappointment, however. O. Guyer performed admirably for Duisberg. On the other hand, B. Ameseder's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 4.