SCRapid 1 - 2 mirdochwurscht (387491560)

26143 spectators arrived at St. Hanappi, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Jacek Gadaszek was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ulf Myrhall and Kai-Detlef Poecho. SCRapid started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. Starters: Theurl - Seurinck, Leifheit, Zander, Janchulík - Jurtin, Armati, Othmani, Grigoroiu, Lazarević - Fjermestad.

mirdochwurscht tactics involved an interesting 4-3-3 combination. Lineup: Ðorđević - Vrkić, 翊霖 (Yilin), Hefel, Schmidt - Borenitsch, Corgomo, Fromm - Lorenz, Franz, Trimmel.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of SCRapid. Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for mirdochwurscht. 5 minutes into the game mirdochwurscht managed a counterattack, but A. Fromm took a soft shot from the left flank that was easy prey for the alert keeper. mirdochwurscht took the lead 31 minutes into the game, making the score 0 - 1 after some elegant movement down the middle. R. Franz was the scorer. mirdochwurscht will have to do without O. Ðorđević for a time, due to a bad foot injury at the 32 minute mark. He was substituted by S. Furtunã. After 33 minutes, following yet another great corner, E. Zander's flick on at the near post reached C. Armati, who was just wide with his snapshot - the ball went out for a goal kick. 36 minutes into the match, SCRapid's A. Othmani maneuvered his way around the opposition on the left flank, delighting the crowd with his twists and turns. The effort paid off as the ball found the back of the net, evening the score at 1 - 1. Many thought T. Leifheit ought to have been awarded a penalty 38 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around S. Furtunã after a determined run through the middle. H. Seurinck of SCRapid was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. 40 minutes into the game, D. Schmidt almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. 1 - 1 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to SCRapid, who controlled the ball 59 percent of the time.

The referee showed SCRapid's R. Jurtin the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. A mistake by the home side's central defence after 60 minutes allowed R. Franz to score for mirdochwurscht. The scoreboard now read 1 - 2. Some fine passing in the middle of the pitch, carving open the away defence, should have led to a goal for SCRapid, but A. Othmani's shot went over the bar. SCRapid claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 59 percent.

The most dominating SCRapid player was without a doubt A. Fjermestad. E. Zander turned in a dismal performance, however. mirdochwurscht's top performer was clearly C. Borenitsch. D. Schmidt on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 2.