Yakuza 0 - 4 Roen (384886127)

40516 spectators had come to Tempel des Drachen this cloudy day. Romeo Palmieri was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Cristiano Matteotti and Thomas Schönerlinde. A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Yakuza. The following players took the field: Tănase - Eckinrode, Portal, Williamson, Faust - Eidenhammer, Grenz, Babau, Taekema, Ritz - Muskoff.

Roen had chosen a strategic 5-3-2 formation. They fielded: Schwager - Urzáiz Diez, Knepp, Schellenberg, Römer, Perrin - Ooms, Bleuler, Rossetti - Steglitz, Riblet.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Roen. After 12 minutes, a well-worked counterattack by Roen on the right presented an easy opportunity in front of the goal that was duly converted by B. Riblet to make it 0 - 1. V. Muskoff charged down the left and had a wonderful opportunity to score the equaliser for Yakuza, but the shot went well wide of the goal. Roen's counterattacks created a good chance for R. Rossetti on the right after 42 minutes, but he could only look on with dismay as his strike rebounded off the crossbar. Yakuza's V. Babau was shown a yellow card after 43 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Halftime score was 0 - 1. Yakuza had most of the ball, with 77 percent of possession.

After 65 minutes, the defensive line of Roen created a counterattack through the middle that gave B. Riblet a good look at the goal, but his shot glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. Roen's B. Riblet got himself booked for a foul. The player down was M. Grenz. The Yakuza bench looked worried for a while, but in the end he managed to get up. 68 minutes into the game, M. Grenz came close to levelling the score with a dangerous shot from the centre of the area that went just over the bar. The coach of Roen was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 69 minutes, N. Esslinger came on for G. Römer. The counterattacks of Roen were deadly and 69 minutes into the game, R. Rossetti received a nice pass from the right flank, making it 0 - 2. An accurate cross from R. Rossetti of Roen was met with a wonderful glancing header from B. Riblet, hitting the inside base of the post before nestling into the back of the net for 0 - 3. The players of Roen now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. After 84 minutes, S. Ooms sent the corner kick right to P. Urzáiz Diez who headed it sharply past the keeper. 0 - 4! Yakuza claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 79 percent.

Yakuza's best player was V. Babau. E. Portal on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Roen player was I. Steglitz. On the other hand, T. Schellenberg's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 4.