Ronnifamilie 3 - 2 Hattrick_Kickers (384486895)

Clear skies welcomed the 18042 spectators who had made their way to Ronni-Arena des Weltfriedens. Paul Puul was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Evaristo Laspada and Niklas B. Jacobsson. Ronnifamilie tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Iversheim - Gudenberg, Pažout, Bystricky - Rotberg, Repges, Chaidos, Emil, Schmitz-Katze - Löwis, Laudstron.

Hattrick_Kickers had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. The following players took the field: Clère - Bančić, Coolman, Šepši, Di Donato - Bergwerf, Ofir, Rodwell, Brandão, Sable - Buono.

The wings were the focus of most of Ronnifamilie's attacks today. Hattrick_Kickers's D. Buono was shown a yellow card after 14 minutes for slicing down an opponent. 15 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for Ronnifamilie to take the lead after a good cross from the right found L. Emil alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. After 26 minutes of play, R. Repges gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right. The Ronnifamilie coach was visibly pleased with the score so far, but still ordered a few tactical changes 26 minutes into the game. In an effort to secure the lead, Ronnifamilie changed their tactic after 26 minutes. Halftime score was 1 - 0. Neither team were able to dominate possession this half.

The home crowd was dismayed when the referee called a penalty for Hattrick_Kickers after 59 minutes. M. Šepši calmly took the shot and scored. The game was level at 1 - 1. Ronnifamilie fans held their breath as D. Löwis scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 2 - 1! With 74 minutes played, Ronnifamilie put themselves up 3 - 1 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to S. Laudstron, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. After 74 minutes, the Ronnifamilie players received new instructions from their manager on how to keep in control of the game. After 77 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by H. Rotberg might have resulted in another goal for Ronnifamilie. However, P. Clère made a spectacular save. That Hattrick_Kickers's B. Rodwell has the ability of doing what no one expects him to do was shown as he ran over an opposing defender, snatched the ball and passed to A. Bergwerf who hit it hard into the wide open goal after 84 minutes: 3 - 2! With 86 minutes played, the visitors could have drawn level after C. Brandão came through the middle, but his kick went wide. Hattrick_Kickers had most of the ball, with 53 percent of possession.

T. Chaidos performed admirably for Ronnifamilie. A. Iversheim turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important Hattrick_Kickers player was D. Di Donato. However, M. Šepši made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 2.