blaue 4 - 2 The Legacy (384453683)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 21600 had shown up at Multi Arena for the match. Matias Siltaniemi was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Bernard Kobus and Cornelis Steeneveld. blaue started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Pastonchi - Mübin, Bajer, Gunsch - Névès, Thouvenin, van Weelie, Balikonis, Deygas - Glanvall, Ciechański.

The Legacy had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Wagenhofer - Prill, Toma, Prossner - Sopp, Willomitzer, Peinlich, Schmelinger, Riezinger - Krappe, Gustavsburg.

The wings were the focus of most of The Legacy's attacks today. P. Schmelinger gave the visitors the lead 17 minutes into the match to make it 0 - 1. The goal was scored from the penalty spot after a handball in the penalty area. 18 minutes in, The Legacy's F. Prill received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. After 23 minutes, H. Ciechański made a dash down the middle past the away team's defenders to score the goal that made it 1 - 1. blaue took the lead 33 minutes in, as H. Ciechański broke through on the left and put the 2 - 1 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. B. Riezinger finished off a quick charge from the left of the field by chipping the ball just past the home side's keeper, making the score 2 - 2 36 minutes into the match. 2 - 2 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to blaue, who controlled the ball 57 percent of the time.

The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to I. Glanvall, but the blaue player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 3 - 2! G. Willomitzer of The Legacy was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. blaue's T. Bajer saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 69 minutes. 70 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as B. Névès broke through, making the score 4 - 2 for blaue. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by blaue, with 56 percent of the ball.

B. van Weelie performed admirably for blaue. However, E. Pastonchi made a disastrous appearance. The Legacy's top performer was clearly M. Peinlich. On the other hand, T. Wagenhofer's play was disheartening. The match ends 4 - 2.