hinkenden 3 - 0 Craftingen (384820893)

Clear skies welcomed the 11090 spectators who had made their way to Zum splitternden Knochen. Boris Pustynin was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Eddy Dellapina and Olivier Traore. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for hinkenden. The following players took the field: Saländer - Wallraff, Scheibler, Schobesberger, Milotta - Kemmerzell, Sander-Grünspan, Hellmich, Capuder - Dagdelen, Aniol.

Craftingen started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. Lineup: Gabelentz - Klausenburger, Blaes, Specker, Yrsch - von Campenhausen, Dincer, Halen, Ploetz - Holzner, Spyra.

Craftingen's F. Spyra got himself booked for a foul. Many thought A. Dagdelen ought to have been awarded a penalty 32 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around E. Gabelentz after a determined run through the middle. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, K. Wallraff scored for hinkenden putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 35 minutes. Halftime score was 1 - 0. hinkenden enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 54 percent of possession.

hinkenden's H. Hellmich increased the lead to 2 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 49 minutes. hinkenden's K. Wallraff struck his penalty well enough to beat the goalkeeper and extend the home team's lead to 3 - 0 after 71 minutes. Confident in their lead, hinkenden's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by hinkenden, with 57 percent of the ball.

hinkenden's top performer was clearly F. Kemmerzell. H. Milotta turned in a dismal performance, however. M. Ploetz performed admirably for Craftingen. On the other hand, E. Gabelentz's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 0.