29608 spectators had come to
jyKroKo Bassena this cloudy day.
Arthuro Wals was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Patrício Cerejeira and
Cyrill Wittwer.
jyKroKo had chosen a strategic 5-3-2 formation.
Lineup: Requelme - Gillhausen, Coassin, Grave, Wippl, Zöhrer - Thom, Mazunov, dos Reis - Donkov, Klukowski.
Dorfwirten decided to use a 3-5-2 set up.
They fielded: Liptay - Driesen, Safran, Hickey - Pipoca, Margreiter, Reekers, Fölski, Baltazar - Kriden, Känsälä.
jyKroKo clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could.
With 4 minutes gone,
Z. Klukowski suddenly found himself completely free on the right wing when a counterattack by jyKroKo caught their opponents by surprise. Only a great save by the opposing keeper prevented him from scoring.
The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave
J. Pipoca from Dorfwirten a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 27 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient!
D. Fölski gave the visitors the lead 32 minutes into the match to make it 0 - 1. The goal was scored from the penalty spot after a handball in the penalty area.
Dorfwirten made sure of not letting
B. dos Reis succeed with his speed. When an opportunity appeared for him, as it did 38 minutes into the game, speedy
J. Driesen came to the rescue and stopped the attack.
The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 1.
Possession in this half belonged to Dorfwirten, who controlled the ball 62 percent of the time.
Coming in from the right, jyKroKo had a good opportunity to convert on a counterattack after 49 minutes, but
Z. Klukowski's attempt to finish was easily stopped.
The Dorfwirten players could smell victory in the air.
B. Safran wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for
P. Broge after 60 minutes.
While defending the Dorfwirten lead,
R. Hickey got a new role. 61 minutes in the game, his coach ordered him to change positions with
P. Broge.
With 77 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed
D. Fölski of Dorfwirten to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 2.
Dorfwirten claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 62 percent.
Most important jyKroKo player was
V. Donkov.
M. Requelme turned in a dismal performance, however.
The most dominating Dorfwirten player was without a doubt
D. Fölski.
J. Pipoca was a disappointment, however.
The match ends 0 - 2.