Rödelheim 3 - 0 Gorillas (390051830)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 55567 at Rödelheimer Sportplatz today. Lucian Preda was the appointed referee. A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Rödelheim. Lineup: 泽华 (Zehua) - Dall'Agnol, Kofoed - Šprteľ, Sullivan, LiVolti, Facchini, Hopkins - Viguie, Ulloa, Zaiem.

Gorillas started off with a 5-5-0 lineup. Starters: Perdigão - Kim, Mucek, Rackerseder, Jakeman, Weckesser - Turnbull, Pann, Fullwood, Witowski, Ramos Pemán -.

Today, Rödelheim's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Gorillas used their skill at pressing to cut off the attack angles of their opponents all over the field. J. Jakeman neatly controlled the ball after a short corner, and knocked it on to M. Witowski who had the whole net open before him, but only managed to hit the post. Some great play up the middle by Rödelheim led to a chance for T. Kofoed to score after 12 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. At this time in the match, Gorillas were using their skill at pressing to successfully stifle the game. With 23 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 1 - 0 lead as D. Sullivan flipped the ball in after a cross from the right. Rödelheim were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. After 25 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and Š. Šprteľ gave the Rödelheim supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 2 - 0. By now, the players in Rödelheim felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. It was 2 - 0 at the break. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Rödelheim, with 64 percent of the ball.

Gorillas's ability to press all over the field frequently paid dividends. Gorillas's talent at pressing frustrated the spectators as the game became a dire midfield struggle. P. Facchini could have put Rödelheim up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 68 minutes. The pressing tactics used by Gorillas were successful as the ball remained close to the half way line at all times. M. Ramos Pemán of Gorillas was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. Things were deteriorating for the away team as Rödelheim scored another to make it 3 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for T. Kofoed after 80 minutes. Possession in this half belonged to Rödelheim, who controlled the ball 65 percent of the time.

Rödelheim's best player was F. Viguie. However, S. Dall'Agnol made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating Gorillas player was without a doubt M. Turnbull. On the other hand, D. Fullwood's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 0.