Obeabe50 3 - 2 Marienkäfer (384880048)

Dark skies made the crowd of 36893 at Estadio Emiliano Zapata a little nervous, but the rain held off. Joop Hengeveld was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Arthur Bertero and Gustav Walzik. Obeabe50 decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. They fielded: Griffaton - Veitschegger, Emili, Egudin - Boshielo, Rager, Anselmo, Malinovič - Ahlberg, Urban, Ilardi.

Marienkäfer had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Starke - Guillot, Pégon, Pigozzi - von Gerlach, Damaso, Girsberger, Bechtiger, Waber - Face, Heimes.

7 minutes into the game, a swerving free kick by W. Ahlberg almost resulted in the home team taking the lead, but the shot glanced harmlessly off the frame of the goal. Obeabe50 fans held their breath as D. Ilardi scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 1 - 0! The visitors' F. Girsberger was alert after a cross coming in from the left, levelling the score at 1 - 1 after 25 minutes. A crazy pass by E. Bechtiger towards his own keeper almost caused a goal for Obeabe50, but B. Malinovič didn't get the finish right. 1 - 1 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to Obeabe50, who controlled the ball 55 percent of the time.

With the match clock at 49 minutes, Obeabe50 modified their style of play a little bit. 50 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a Obeabe50 substitution. L. Dalbon came on for J. Urban. After 50 minutes, Marienkäfer's C. Waber made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 1 - 2. With 51 minutes gone, Marienkäfer had a free kick in a decent position. Despite this being a great chance for a shot, they tried a cheeky move intended to bypass the defence. However, F. Girsberger did not manage to connect with it cleanly and the ball went out. 58 minutes into the game, V. Egudin had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came E. Boissel. Obeabe50's L. Dalbon was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the opposition's box - W. Ahlberg managed to volley one of them into the net to make it 2 - 2 after 68 minutes. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, B. Malinovič scored for Obeabe50 putting them ahead 3 - 2, after 81 minutes. Obeabe50 had most of the ball, with 59 percent of possession.

D. Ilardi performed admirably for Obeabe50. On the other hand, M. Griffaton's play was disheartening. Most important Marienkäfer player was C. Face. However, A. von Gerlach made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 2.