Sdis 0 - 3 SunLiving (392640554)

21800 spectators had found their way to Stade Stephane Chapuisat, despite the heavy rain. Enrico Averdonk was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Yiannis Pantelopoulos and Büke Balta. Sdis had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. They fielded: Holsinger - Mallia, Brondi, Tatkowski, Herrera - Kamyszek, Zahlbach, Boerrigter, Gammeter - Martin, Urén.

SunLiving decided to use a 2-5-3 set up. Lineup: Hoegner - Lecler, Perauer - Greter, Plüss, Bettio, Le Drian, Kroener - Rosee, Camps, Bachmann.

SunLiving had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially 2 minutes in when M. Bachmann came up alone against K. Holsinger who managed a block. SunLiving's N. Rosee managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 6 minutes. 0 - 1. 19 minutes into the game, SunLiving worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch. M. Bachmann came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle. He tried to lift the ball over K. Holsinger but overcooked it and hit the bar instead. The referee showed SunLiving's G. Plüss the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Halftime score was 0 - 1. SunLiving had most of the ball, with 59 percent of possession.

Against a lesser team, SunLiving could very well have succeeded with their smart indirect free kick routine after 62 minutes. A trio of passes took the ball all the way past the defenders, but by then the intended recipient was already blocked off and the keeper could make a leisurely save. 67 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 2 as M. Bachmann finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. With 70 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed A. Bettio of SunLiving to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 3. Encouraged by their lead, after 70 minutes the SunLiving coach asked A. Bettio to change positions with P. Greter. S. Hoegner left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 70 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. I. Grisotomi was the replacement. The players of SunLiving now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. Possession in this half belonged to SunLiving, who controlled the ball 56 percent of the time.

N. Martin performed admirably for Sdis. On the other hand, K. Holsinger's play was disheartening. The most dominating SunLiving player was without a doubt N. Rosee. P. Greter on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 3.