Matzlhofen 4 - 0 Balkonien (384621209)

A scorching day at Matzlhofen Park, where 14100 spectators were in place for today's match. Awad Bin-Ibraheem was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Olaf Lagler and Abercrombie Clanachan. Matzlhofen started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. Lineup: Pinto Nogueira - Knowles, Greiler, Kis, Bringuier - Kukulski, Moeschinger, Arens, Modog - Bars, Rastede.

Balkonien tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Ferrari - Castaldo, Favre, Einhorn - Ropotan, Snooijink, Haś, Robert, Fluegel - Matamoros, Christus.

Matzlhofen's A. Bars tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. Y. Bringuier neatly controlled the ball after a short corner, and knocked it on to M. Kis who had the whole net open before him, but only managed to hit the post. 37 minutes in, Matzlhofen's T. Kukulski received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. It was 0 - 0 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to Balkonien, who controlled the ball 59 percent of the time.

M. Robert of Balkonien was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. The fierce heat made it important to save breath, and after a few swift runs Y. Bringuier found it hard to get back into position. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to V. Greiler, but the Matzlhofen player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0! Matzlhofen bypassed the midfield with their counterattack, leading to a free kick goal by T. Moeschinger for 2 - 0. After 87 minutes, T. Moeschinger sent the corner kick right to V. Greiler who headed it sharply past the keeper. 3 - 0! At this point, it was obvious that the players of Matzlhofen lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Things were deteriorating for the away team as Matzlhofen scored another to make it 4 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for B. Rastede after 88 minutes. Balkonien claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 53 percent.

Most important Matzlhofen player was P. Pinto Nogueira. Y. Bringuier on the other hand, had a terrible day. Balkonien's top performer was clearly M. Haś. G. Ferrari turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 4 - 0.