5405 punters turned up at
dortmund classik Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came.
Per Olsson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Thomas Stickling and
Lukas Zigahn.
dortmund started off with a 4-4-2 lineup.
Lineup: Lindenschmitt - Hepp, Haehling, Langnau, Staudter - Meltl, Nellingen, Süßner, Görsdorf - Haehling, Umfahrer.
A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Moonlight.
The following players took the field: Pasamichalis - Leibel, Romaier, Hackwitz, Ganster - Friedinger, Fortelny, Majehrke, Lindermayer - Offermann, Planthaber.
The cannonball from 35 metres by
M. Meltl of dortmund was an impressive sight, but didn't make it into the net.
A foul after 15 minutes resulted in a free kick.
R. Hepp cannonballed it, giving the home team the lead 1 - 0.
dortmund increased the lead as
H. Umfahrer struck to make the score 2 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper.
The players of dortmund now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle.
Almost all the way down to the corner flag, dortmund's
B. Görsdorf somehow managed to get a perfect pass into the middle, impossible to miss for
H. Umfahrer, who struck for 3 - 0.
dortmund put themselves up 4 - 0 when
B. Görsdorf broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake.
R. Hepp struck a 30 metre free kick home 37 minutes into the match. 5 - 0 for the home team.
It was 5 - 0 at the break.
dortmund claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 75 percent.
A well placed corner kick from
R. Hepp was followed by
B. Staudter's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for dortmund, the score now 6 - 0.
dortmund's
R. Hepp increased the lead to 7 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 59 minutes.
By then
R. Hepp had scored three goals - a hat trick!
A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of dortmund to 8 - 0 as
H. Umfahrer finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle.
That made three goals for
H. Umfahrer and he was marked down for the hat trick.
dortmund managed to extend their lead to 9 - 0 when
H. Umfahrer cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper.
Things were deteriorating for the away team as dortmund scored another to make it 10 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for
M. Meltl after 84 minutes.
dortmund enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 81 percent of possession.
The most dominating dortmund player was without a doubt
M. Meltl.
H. Lindenschmitt on the other hand, had a terrible day.
C. Ganster performed admirably for Moonlight.
D. Hackwitz turned in a dismal performance, however.
The match ends 10 - 0.