Syke 0 - 3 Tuebingen (384478449)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 14746 to Wald-Stadion. Guido Scala was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Gregor Kusch and Glenn Hammer. A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Syke. Starters: Leiria - Spampanato, Madekivi, Alapoikela, Kulle - Soares, Kollmann, Desvalls, Berki, Łasiewicki - Frot.

Tuebingen had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Mikin - Máris, Rinnesalo, Stuebbe - Mourato, Bsonek, Lejeune, Deçolli, Giovagnoli - Bajkiewicz, Cardani.

Syke clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. The wings were the focus of most of Tuebingen's attacks today. After 17 minutes, the visitors nearly went up a goal, but G. Cardani's free kick hit the crossbar. Syke's S. Madekivi was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 21 minutes. 25 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for Syke to take the lead after a good cross from the right found S. Łasiewicki alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. Tuebingen took the lead after 29 minutes making the score 0 - 1. S. Lejeune placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. Had it not been for one of the home defenders, J. Rinnesalo would have put Tuebingen up another goal 30 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. Tuebingen's H. Stuebbe got himself booked for a foul. Syke were forced into a substitution as R. Frot couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing H. Buder to come in off the bench. 0 - 1 was the score after the first half. Tuebingen enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 51 percent of possession.

D. Deçolli of Tuebingen was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. With 74 minutes played, the Syke coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. B. Gisela came on, S. Alapoikela had to leave the fray. It was obvious that Tuebingen had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. Some fine movement on the left led to a Tuebingen goal after 77 minutes, making it 0 - 2. G. Cardani was noted down as the scorer. M. Bajkiewicz sailed high above the opponents as he headed in a corner kick from G. Cardani after 88 minutes of play, making the score 0 - 3. Neither team were able to dominate possession this half.

Syke's best player was P. Desvalls. B. Gisela was a disappointment, however. Tuebingen's top performer was clearly M. Bajkiewicz. H. Stuebbe turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 3.