Kickers 0 - 5 Altendorf (384707260)

Due to an all-day shower, 5512 paying spectators got to see a match on a pitch-turned-bog at Embdena Stadion. Parfait Gerber was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ionut Ion and Wolff Bräuer. Kickers started off with a 5-5-0 lineup. They fielded: Fumagalli - Fassari, Vigni, Zeegers, Deneire, Zitta - Paloniemi, Spinnler, Sandu, Kroupa, Destefano -.

Altendorf decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Starters: Ben-Tzvi - Piot, Flek, Zoppellaro, Förster - Deneke, Angelone, Bohmann, Lahikainen - Muthig, Varas.

Today, Altendorf's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Altendorf took the lead after 10 minutes making the score 0 - 1. K. Lahikainen placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. Players in Altendorf heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. J. Bohmann increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 2. After 37 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed K. Muthig to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 3. A scuffle developed as players from both sides clashed following a tussle in the centre of the field 41 minutes into the match. After regaining order and consulting his linesman, the referee called Kickers's J. Spinnler to one side and produced a red card for the player. Had it not been for one of the home defenders, K. Muthig would have put Altendorf up another goal 42 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. T. Förster received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 43 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 4. The Altendorf fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. Halftime score was 0 - 4. Altendorf claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 76 percent.

With the scoreboard showing that 48 minutes had been played, Altendorf nearly put themselves up another goal after V. Flek came through on the left. Fortunately for the home crowd, the keeper made the save. Some fine movement on the left led to a Altendorf goal after 80 minutes, making it 0 - 5. K. Muthig was noted down as the scorer. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Altendorf lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Kickers's L. Zeegers got himself booked for a foul. Altendorf enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 77 percent of possession.

Kickers's best player was G. Fumagalli. G. Vigni on the other hand, had a terrible day. Altendorf's top performer was clearly K. Muthig. However, V. Flek made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 5.