Aufwärts 3 - 4 chicken (384513624)

The 12832 spectators at Die Höhle des Löwen were in for an afternoon of sunshine. John Elmose was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jozias Roukens and Javier Miguel Entralgo. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Aufwärts. Starters: Stauchner - Reichhardt, Schulken, Proen - Moederl, Wawris, Pokropp, Kameke, Kotelkov - Knafl, Schaefers.

chicken tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. The following players had been chosen: Montes - Wellen, Bellaco - Correia Sá, Sand, Matanov, Güneş, Nebel - Feder, Pribék, Zoffmann.

The home crowd breathed a collective sigh of relief when R. Feder was unable to put the ball in the net after his show of skill down the left 12 minutes into the match. He was seen beating the pitch in frustration at missing such a good chance to give his team the lead! R. Feder enjoyed the sunshine and demonstrated his stunning technique over and over again. Aufwärts were very close to putting themselves one up after 26 minutes as H. Schaefers got through on the left, but failing in concentration, he shot the ball wide. The visiting I. Pribék was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 29 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 0 - 1 was the score. 0 - 1 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Aufwärts, with 52 percent of the ball.

After 49 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed O. Sand to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 2. chicken had to make a substitution after 54 minutes. A. Nebel limped off the field and was replaced by B. Barlak. The home team's supporters got excited again when D. Moederl broke through the visitors' central defence and caught their keeper off guard, making it 1 - 2. The fierce heat made it important to save breath, and after a few swift runs H. Schaefers found it hard to get back into position. Aufwärts's J. Pokropp put his head to a well placed ball, lifted in from the left, and scored to make the score 2 - 2 with 73 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock. chicken took the lead 73 minutes into the game, making the score 2 - 3 after some elegant movement down the middle. I. Pribék was the scorer. chicken increased their lead after 80 minutes when J. Correia Sá broke through on the right, upping the score to 2 - 4, much to the home crowd's dismay. By now, the players in chicken felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. The home crowd were delighted when E. Knafl scored with a header after an attack from the right, making the score 3 - 4. But did he use his hand? That'll be one for the pundits to talk about after the game, that's for sure! chicken's D. Matanov was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 84 minutes. Possession was split evenly between the teams.

Aufwärts's top performer was clearly H. Schaefers. A. Proen was a disappointment, however. Most important chicken player was I. Pribék. I. Montes turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 3 - 4.