Werder 2 - 0 Schlappi05 (384517009)

Dark skies made the crowd of 15813 at Weser-Stadion a little nervous, but the rain held off. Göpf Etienne was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Mümin Dilsoy and Mikko Ilomäki. Werder started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Turull - Golland, Durand, Dogaru - Karkoszka, Lauf, Vargas-Maldonado, Kampen, Van Dyck - Schinabeck, Gil de Zúñiga.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Schlappi05. The following players took the field: Büdesheim - Zaferson, Geraedts, Tzokol - Cotugno, Repolho, Tamayo, Holser, Gil - Fanton, Redzin.

Werder's M. Vargas-Maldonado was shown a yellow card after 19 minutes for slicing down an opponent. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to R. Karkoszka, but the Werder player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0! B. Kampen of Werder was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. Halftime score was 1 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to Werder, who controlled the ball 58 percent of the time.

The crowd gasped as R. Karkoszka of Werder was flattened by an opponent after 70 minutes and had to be carried off. J. Bugniette came in off the bench. Werder's M. Vargas-Maldonado increased the lead to 2 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 71 minutes. Confident in their lead, Werder's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. Werder had most of the ball, with 59 percent of possession.

M. Vargas-Maldonado performed admirably for Werder. J. Bugniette turned in a dismal performance, however. Schlappi05's best player was B. Fanton. M. Tzokol on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 0.