Siegerstrasse 3 - 3 b34 (384892853)

43275 spectators arrived at FC Siegerstrasse Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Ciro Cecchetti was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Leen Stoppelman and Éric Hein. Siegerstrasse decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Starters: Rescio - Stegmeier, Binkerhoff, Guillet - Eliasen, Otsuka, Borgognoni, Ibarria, Oosterveld - Bladmar, Floerkemeier.

b34 had chosen a strategic 5-4-1 formation. They fielded: Giallanza - Erath, Vidutis, Sălăgean, Paraschakis, Bernini - Setänen, Rofi, Hári, Çavlan - Thomassen.

Today, b34's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Some good play on the left wing created an opportunity for the visitors 12 minutes into the match, and B. Thomassen 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. After a fatal mistake from the away team's right side defence 19 minutes into the match, an alert J. Floerkemeier bagged the ball for Siegerstrasse, levelling the score to 1 - 1. b34 took the lead after 28 minutes making the score 1 - 2. K. Çavlan placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. Siegerstrasse's I. Oosterveld got himself booked for a foul. Siegerstrasse tried to even things up by sending a long ball towards the centrally placed strikers, but the visitors' defence got the best of this rather direct style of play. The goal to make it 2 - 2 was scored by G. Binkerhoff after 42 minutes, following an opportunistic counterattack down the middle by Siegerstrasse. J. Bladmar gave Siegerstrasse the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 3 - 2 Halftime score was 3 - 2. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Siegerstrasse, with 53 percent of the ball.

Siegerstrasse's J. Bladmar had an excellent opportunity after 62 minutes, shooting after receiving a pass from the right hand side, but he missed the goal by miles! The Siegerstrasse players could smell victory in the air. Y. Otsuka wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for A. Werthemann after 65 minutes. 69 minutes in, b34's E. Vidutis received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Siegerstrasse's J. Bladmar saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 70 minutes. I. Hári made a run for the goal 71 minutes into the game but the home team's left back managed to sort the situation out in the end. G. Erath behaved like an inexperienced youth player after 75 minutes as he gave the ball away to I. Oosterveld. Lucky for him though, there was no goal. After 78 minutes, b34 switched P. Rofi with D. Reigle, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. The home team will be cursing I. Setänen for weeks; he finished off a great pass from the left, knocking it past the keeper without a problem. The match was level at 3 - 3 after 79 minutes. Siegerstrasse claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 54 percent.

Siegerstrasse's best player was J. Floerkemeier. On the other hand, I. Oosterveld's play was disheartening. The most dominating b34 player was without a doubt B. Thomassen. D. Bernini on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 3.