Sporting 0 - 7 Zweitorsten (392815179)

Dark skies made the crowd of 37936 at Sporting Osna Arena a little nervous, but the rain held off. Alozijs Garsils was the appointed referee. Sporting tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Marques Ribeiro - Steffensen, van de Moer, Kemler - Calligaro, Mujica, Venant, Badinski, Durieux - Fevola, Hacheryan.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Zweitorsten. Lineup: Tsogkas - Leyendeker, Daugalavičius, Wiethaup - Fonfría, Depraetere, Veen, Garin, Persson - Walpershofen, Solo.

Sporting were relying on their ability to counter-attack. 0 - 1 was the score with 2 minutes played, after E. Walpershofen cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for Zweitorsten. Sporting's M. Calligaro left the field after 4 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was N. Romer. Zweitorsten's Š. Solo made it through the home team's defence on the right hand side 7 minutes into the match. After rounding the keeper, he only had to place the ball in the unguarded goal when a defender slid in and cleared the ball off the line. Coming in from the right, Sporting had a good opportunity to convert on a counterattack after 8 minutes, but U. Fevola's attempt to finish was easily stopped. With 11 minutes played, R. Kemler of Sporting fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. Some things can only be learned through experience, and A. Badinski should take his lesson to heart after nearly gifting Zweitorsten a goal with 28 minutes of the match played. After 31 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for P. Wiethaup who increased Zweitorsten's lead to 0 - 2. The visitors' J. Fonfría took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 32 minutes into the match. 0 - 3 for Zweitorsten. After 34 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave Š. Solo a chance to increase the lead for Zweitorsten, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 4. Halftime score was 0 - 4. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Zweitorsten, with 58 percent of the ball.

49 minutes into the match, the speedy Š. Solo easily outpaced A. van de Moer, chipped the keeper and made the score 0 - 5. The players of Zweitorsten now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. Y. Hacheryan challenged the visitors' central defence eagerly, producing a good chance 53 minutes into the game as he went for a through ball. But, as so many times before, the guests' defensive efforts got the best of it. Zweitorsten increased their lead after 60 minutes when Š. Solo broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 6, much to the home crowd's dismay. By then Š. Solo had scored three goals - a hat trick! Sporting had a brilliant opportunity to reply as L. Venant received a high ball from the right, striking the ball in the air. Only I. Tsogkas's reflexes saved him. 81 minutes into the match, H. Persson came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. After 82 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed J. Veen to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 7. A. van de Moer of Sporting was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. Zweitorsten had most of the ball, with 54 percent of possession.

Sporting's best player was Y. Hacheryan. On the other hand, N. Romer's play was disheartening. Most important Zweitorsten player was E. Walpershofen. H. Persson turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 7.