Stadtbach 0 - 2 Humus (384898198)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 30213 had shown up at Stadtbach Arena for the match. Adam Mckee was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Danni Kolding and Huibert Flesch. A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Stadtbach. Starters: Malmgren - Feierabend, Belobrđanin, van Alkemade - Knecht, Corghi, Cavallo, Munzel - Roger, Spichiger, Karalus.

Humus tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Cocciolo - Guanabara, Musmarra, Hinard - Martin, Tschumper, Amoreira, Cabrera, Prata - Coruja, De Nunzio.

V. Prata had a good try after 18 minutes, coming in on a fine move from the left, but the ball went wide. Stadtbach's F. Corghi was shown a yellow card after 29 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Humus took the lead after 32 minutes making the score 0 - 1. V. Prata placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. 41 minutes into the game, N. Spichiger came close to levelling the score with a dangerous shot from the centre of the area that went just over the bar. 0 - 1 was the halftime score. Stadtbach had most of the ball, with 54 percent of possession.

Some fine passing in the middle of the pitch, carving open the away defence, should have led to a goal for Stadtbach, but T. Knecht's shot went over the bar. After 52 minutes, Humus's M. Cabrera burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 2. The players of Humus now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. After the ball was lifted in from the left, M. Hinard was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 56 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, S. Tschumper got himself booked. The manager of Humus was not happy. Stadtbach enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 55 percent of possession.

I. Karalus performed admirably for Stadtbach. However, H. Munzel made a disastrous appearance. Humus's top performer was clearly E. De Nunzio. G. Cocciolo was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 2.