swissmade 0 - 1 Hound (384948702)

Clouds darkened the skies at Stade de swissmade as 31950 spectators turned up for the match. Ruggiero Meiszburger was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Kai-Detlef Hüging and Marco Caloia. swissmade started off with a 4-3-3 lineup. Starters: Lah - Gartmann, Kallen, Markovic, Tarr - Allen, Gomes, van Oosten - Turchetto, Roşianu, Waldmann.

Hound tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Lineup: Nieznański - Sobol, Eizarrara, Eiss, Askenstedt - Mariño, Matsaggos, Pļaviņš, Princ - Angelsen, Fonte.

After the game, the most discussed event will probably be the penalty given after 10 minutes that gave the visitors the 0 - 1 lead. Despite the controversy, B. Angelsen struck home the penalty, as cool as anything. 0 - 1 was the halftime score. Hound enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 51 percent of possession.

The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave E. van Oosten from swissmade a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 47 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! swissmade's J. Gomes put his head to a high ball coming in from the right after 61 minutes, but the ball went wide. swissmade's defence sent a ball soaring up the middle on a beautiful counterattack with 72 minutes gone, but O. Roşianu's finish was met by the reaching hands of the keeper. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, swissmade's M. Turchetto was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 73 minutes. S. Polston was given a chance to change things around. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Hound, with 51 percent of the ball.

Most important swissmade player was F. Markovic. However, E. van Oosten made a disastrous appearance. Hound's best player was A. Fonte. On the other hand, P. Eizarrara's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 1.