Scharnhorst 7 - 1 Muehlhausen (384560522)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 4382 had shown up at Colosseum for the match. Michał Galanciak was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Sıtkı Apak and Charalampos Dialektos. Scharnhorst decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Knapkiewicz - Arilla, Heerschop, Arias, Laubach - Hohenastberg, Leone, Jurbergs, Urmans - Brockmann, Reding.

Muehlhausen tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. They fielded: Johnsen - Büser, Kahle, Kleis, Eistert - Zoettl, Višković, Bauens, Grusdat - Pfirsig, Nierhaus.

Scharnhorst saw most attack opportunities on the wings. Scharnhorst broke through on the left 6 minutes into the game, with A. Leone firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 1 - 0 lead. Scharnhorst's L. Urmans swung in a good chance from the left, but the visitors' defence were able to clear the ball. With 21 minutes played, J. Hohenastberg could have brought this one home for Scharnhorst as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. A corner kick created great disorder in the penalty area with a goal nearly scored by M. Pfirsig. At last, Muehlhausen's T. Grusdat was able to backheel the ball in. 1 - 1. Scharnhorst took the lead 36 minutes in, as M. Reding broke through on the left and put the 2 - 1 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. One of many good crosses from J. Hohenastberg on the wing was received and skillfully taken care of by L. Urmans, who scored for Scharnhorst. 3 - 1 The home side's E. Arias came close to extending the lead 41 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but R. Johnsen managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. The teams went for the halftime break at 3 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Scharnhorst, with 66 percent of the ball.

L. Urmans wanted to play on, but the Scharnhorst coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 55 minutes into the game by A. van der Ree. Scharnhorst were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. After 61 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and A. Laubach gave the Scharnhorst supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 4 - 1. By now, the players in Scharnhorst felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave E. Arias from Scharnhorst a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 64 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Players in Scharnhorst heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. Scharnhorst's E. Arias increased the lead to 5 - 1, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 78 minutes. Scharnhorst put themselves up 6 - 1 when M. Reding broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Scharnhorst's R. Arilla increasing the lead to 7 - 1. The Scharnhorst players could smell victory in the air. A. Knapkiewicz wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for L. Jareis after 86 minutes. Possession in this half belonged to Scharnhorst, who controlled the ball 64 percent of the time.

Scharnhorst's top performer was clearly M. Jurbergs. A. Laubach on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Muehlhausen player was without a doubt S. Višković. M. Eistert was a disappointment, however. The match ends 7 - 1.