Sparta 3 - 1 schilte-siebni (384880052)

The 67861 fans in attendance at Landauer were roasting in the hot sun. Piter Almaeren was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Cristiano Dall'Armellina and Karol Żbik. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Sparta. Lineup: Lischev - Pudich, Piorunek, Darmitzel - Balamurukan, Tălpeanu, Van den Heurck, Stanchev, Vuohela - Mayer-Berg, Bonita.

schilte-siebni had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. The following players took the field: Duclos - Hilfiker, Dai Prá, Thorne, Dalnoki - Kastrup, Plante, Happ, Neira, Minnema - Hegglin.

Sparta were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. For their match strategy, schilte-siebni had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. It was obvious that Sparta had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. Slack defending gave Sparta a chance to take the lead with 12 minutes played, but J. Van den Heurck's cross from the left flank was fumbled in front of the goal and easily dealt with by the opposition. The sun seemed to put J. Van den Heurck in a great mood, and he showed off his technical skills all match long. Sparta had a good opportunity to take the lead as J. Vuohela came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of T. Duclos. Sparta took the lead 21 minutes in, as N. Tălpeanu broke through on the left and put the 1 - 0 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. The referee showed schilte-siebni's P. Kastrup the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Attacking on the wings was the choice for Sparta, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. Č. Pudich increased the lead for Sparta to 2 - 0, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! It was 2 - 0 at the break. Sparta had most of the ball, with 65 percent of possession.

After 67 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and S. Balamurukan gave the Sparta supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 3 - 0. Confident in their lead, Sparta's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. J. Vuohela left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 75 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. P. Pan was the replacement. S. Balamurukan could have put Sparta up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 76 minutes. P. Hegglin showed why he is feared on the counterattack, breaking through in the middle and scoring for schilte-siebni after 77 minutes to make the score 3 - 1. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Sparta coach let C. Kalukiewicz replace R. Bonita after 89 minutes. The coach of Sparta was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 89 minutes, A. Tiraboschi came on for V. Lischev. Sparta claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 62 percent.

The most dominating Sparta player was without a doubt J. Van den Heurck. On the other hand, A. Tiraboschi's play was disheartening. Most important schilte-siebni player was T. Duclos. K. Thorne turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 3 - 1.