Silver 0 - 5 Ballermann112 (384601648)

It was an exceptionally sunny day for the crowd of 6825 that came out to FCSG-Stadium. Felix Plummer was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Arian Claasen and Šimon Kugler. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Silver. Lineup: Häcker - Kleinlinden, Antal, Langerbein - Onar, Kohlhaas, Thomas, Ehleiter, Löwis - Mucha, Waßmuth.

Ballermann112 decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. They fielded: Peniche - Marenzi, Zapletal, Pirstinger, Anami - Kukhtin, Loeliger, Casile, Pflister - Ratzenhofer, Papera.

Silver used their skill at pressing to cut off the attack angles of their opponents all over the field. Ballermann112 demonstrated their creative tactics on the field. 4 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for Silver to take the lead after a good cross from the right found S. Löwis alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. The pressing tactics used by Silver were successful as the ball remained close to the half way line at all times. 0 - 1 was the score with 24 minutes played, after R. Kukhtin cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for Ballermann112. It was 0 - 1 at the break. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Ballermann112, with 52 percent of the ball.

The fierce heat made it important to save breath, and after a few swift runs L. Ehleiter found it hard to get back into position. Ballermann112 increased the lead to 0 - 2 as P. Anami scored from the penalty spot, putting the ball in near the top left corner. With 82 minutes played, Ballermann112 put themselves up 0 - 3 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was K. Pirstinger. The heat made it a terrible day for R. Casile, who seemed unable to keep up with the other players. With 84 minutes played, D. Pflister of Ballermann112 fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. The visitors' M. Ratzenhofer took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 85 minutes into the match. 0 - 4 for Ballermann112. The players of Ballermann112 now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. A drive down the left side allowed T. Loeliger to get in close and score another goal for Ballermann112 after 88 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 5. Ballermann112 had most of the ball, with 53 percent of possession.

Most important Silver player was L. Ehleiter. A. Häcker turned in a dismal performance, however. Ballermann112's top performer was clearly T. Loeliger. On the other hand, P. Papera's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 5.