Vorwärts 1 - 2 Eleven (384609074)

6055 spectators had found their way to Becks-Arena, despite the heavy rain. Mirko Hallbergmoos was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Alessio Chiuselli and Murat Oğultekin. Vorwärts tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Starters: Bladin - Reimling, Geismar, Ariamanesh, Drabczyk - Kamalov, Schaludek, Cerry, Zuckmayer - Neumer, van der Struijk.

A 5-2-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Eleven. Lineup: Zwenkau - Urbas, Rieben, Sigg, Varveris, von Witzleben - Stolpe, Markl - Niendorf, Stoeger, Thienel.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Eleven. G. Neumer didn't let the weather get him down and made some great moves on the pitch in spite of the rain. Given a free kick close to the byline, Eleven tried a move that loyal fans may recognise from training. A pass to the side pulled the defence out of position which let O. Stoeger slip through on goal. He didn't have to break his stride, and slipped the ball past the keeper to make it 0 - 1, 27 minutes into the game. R. Rieben's inexperience was obvious when his continual hesitation to put in a tackle allowed H. van der Struijk plenty of time to pick an unguarded area of the goal for his shot, marking one for Vorwärts. 1 - 1. Halftime score was 1 - 1. Eleven enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 52 percent of possession.

1 - 2 was the score with 53 minutes played, after R. Markl cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for Eleven. 60 minutes in, Vorwärts's K. Drabczyk received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. With 74 minutes played, seemingly due to lack of experience, U. Schaludek needlessly tripped an opponent just outside the penalty area, but the free kick that followed didn't succeed. Possession in this half belonged to Eleven, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

Vorwärts's top performer was clearly H. van der Struijk. On the other hand, K. Drabczyk's play was disheartening. Eleven's best player was O. Stoeger. However, M. Varveris made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 2.