Muggio 0 - 2 Crowded (384882965)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Ticino Arena saw a crowd turnout of 28920. Hennerk Hackenberg was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Reinhart Ludwigshafen and Juan Domingo Sapot. Muggio tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. Starters: Alsmeyer - Makushkin, Brohall, González - Fusco, Kreyenbühl, Altkind, Macci - Baloch, Di Marzio, Querin.

A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Crowded. The following players took the field: Lisbach - Pawlik, Wyrsch - Fenner, Zeelenberg, Piller, Guazola, Cramer - Kuruc, Aleksić, Terra.

Muggio clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. Crowded had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially 28 minutes in when C. Piller came up alone against S. Alsmeyer who managed a block. Down the middle came D. Kuruc, making a fantastic play that nearly had Crowded take the lead after 42 minutes, but S. Alsmeyer preserved the tie. 0 - 0 was the score after the first half. Muggio had most of the ball, with 51 percent of possession.

Many thought P. Baloch ought to have been awarded a penalty 48 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around D. Lisbach after a determined run through the middle. Some good play on the left wing created an opportunity for the visitors 72 minutes into the match, and K. Terra wasn't about to let it go by. He got past the defenders and fired a shot that the keeper just missed. 0 - 1 for the visitors. M. Fenner of Crowded took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 79 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 2. K. Terra left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 80 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. T. Azran was the replacement. Crowded claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 51 percent.

Most important Muggio player was F. Kreyenbühl. M. Macci was a disappointment, however. L. Cramer performed admirably for Crowded. On the other hand, V. Pawlik's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 2.