Nullneuner 4 - 3 Adriano (392800491)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 1658 at Tempel today. Dragomir Mihai was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Alessandro Manduca and Roland Márialigeti. Nullneuner had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. They fielded: Hinüber - Schmetlow, Spoerr - Skjærven, Boitin-Resdorf, Margalit, Tursi, Benabdlakrim - Stremel, Cellórico, Bron.

A 4-3-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Adriano. Lineup: Żółtański - Taniel, Karolkiewicz, Komorski, Plötenitz - Sieczkowski, Fiala, Tãnase - Mineri, Üyüm, Fatović.

Adriano mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. It wasn't a pretty goal, but the free kick by A. Margalit after 6 minutes somehow found its way past the keeper. Nullneuner takes the lead, 1 - 0! The referee was not popular with the home supporters after he awarded Adriano a controversial penalty after 21 minutes. D. Plötenitz made no mistake, levelling the score at 1 - 1. The referee showed Nullneuner's D. Tursi the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Nullneuner were very close to putting themselves one up after 31 minutes as D. Benabdlakrim got through on the left, but failing in concentration, he shot the ball wide. G. Cellórico caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 34 minutes. This gave Nullneuner the 2 - 1 lead. With 35 minutes played, Nullneuner put themselves up 3 - 1 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to H. Stremel, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. It was 3 - 1 at the break. Nullneuner claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 51 percent.

Adriano kept trying to force their way through on the right side and A. Fiala got his chance after 48 minutes, but the home side's defence held their position and stopped the attack. Adriano had to make a substitution after 58 minutes. P. Komorski limped off the field and was replaced by N. Bulhões. With 59 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock, Adriano showed some good skill and were able to reduce the score to 3 - 2 when W. Mineri got past the home side's central defenders right in front of the goal. The home team will be cursing K. Üyüm for weeks; he finished off a great pass from the left, knocking it past the keeper without a problem. The match was level at 3 - 3 after 64 minutes. After 66 minutes of play, D. Tursi gave the home team a 4 - 3 lead after an attack coming in from the right. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Nullneuner, with 53 percent of the ball.

The most dominating Nullneuner player was without a doubt A. Bron. On the other hand, W. Hinüber's play was disheartening. Adriano's top performer was clearly J. Fatović. N. Bulhões turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 4 - 3.