Döbeln 5 - 0 Beschde (384630632)

13475 punters turned up at Postbank-Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Ludovic Bordé was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Géza Suszter and Lassi Åkerblom. Döbeln had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. They fielded: Stapušaitis - Teuffel, Resendes, Pour, Máris - Devel, Frey, Häll, Rottenbiller - Frohner, Rodis.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Beschde. Starters: Wutscher - Kofoldt, Stussig, Vybiral, Aulock - Normannen, Herrath, Heimeran, Felgenhauer - Howadt, Habetha.

It was an obvious ambition of Döbeln to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. After 4 minutes, following yet another great corner, R. Vybiral's flick on at the near post reached M. Stussig, who was just wide with his snapshot - the ball went out for a goal kick. Döbeln broke through on the left 8 minutes into the game, with A. Resendes firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 1 - 0 lead. Players in Döbeln heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. The home side's O. Teuffel came close to extending the lead 22 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but K. Wutscher managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. With 35 minutes played, F. Frohner could have brought this one home for Döbeln as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. It was 1 - 0 at the break. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Döbeln, with 64 percent of the ball.

Things were deteriorating for the away team as Döbeln scored another to make it 2 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for A. Resendes after 53 minutes. Attacking on the wings was the choice for Döbeln, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. Döbeln managed to extend their lead to 3 - 0 when T. Rodis cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. One of many good crosses from P. Devel on the wing was received and skillfully taken care of by T. Rodis, who scored for Döbeln. 4 - 0 At this point, it was obvious that the players of Döbeln lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Beschde had to make a substitution after 78 minutes. R. Kofoldt limped off the field and was replaced by L. Polanski. F. Frohner could have put Döbeln up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 80 minutes. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Döbeln to 5 - 0 as J. Pour finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. Döbeln claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 68 percent.

The most dominating Döbeln player was without a doubt T. Rodis. J. Pour on the other hand, had a terrible day. G. Howadt performed admirably for Beschde. K. Wutscher was a disappointment, however. The match ends 5 - 0.