Vorwärts 5 - 4 Zgorigrad (392997539)

A scorching day at Aasee-Pilsener Park, where 2405 spectators were in place for today's match. Floricã Dimulescu was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ademar Ceretta and Diego Lasanta. Vorwärts started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Steinbeiss - Manrique, Kerschner, Tamilina, Ströming - Palokangas, Knobloch-Friedrichsburg, Władysiak, Petac, Prameshuber - Gamain.

Zgorigrad tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Masiello - Peshev, Carrizo, Shanev - Boltez, Sutman, Güralp, Pedrini, Kolev - Hrnjak, Antonietti.

With 19 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending. V. Boltez put the ball away for 0 - 1. No matter how hard he tried, D. Władysiak just couldn't get his shot past the visitors' right side defence after 21 minutes. With 28 minutes having been played, Vorwärts scored to make it 1 - 1. A dribble down the left wing, followed by a shot which took a wicked bounce off a defender resulted in the keeper having no chance. Everyone thought it'd been an own goal, but M. Ströming was marked down as the scorer. Zgorigrad's K. Shanev was shown a yellow card after 35 minutes for slicing down an opponent. It was a hot and sunny day, and several players seemed worn out. Maybe this was why F. Sutman found an unusual amount of space for his snappy footwork. S. Hrnjak gave the visitors the lead 37 minutes into the match to make it 1 - 2. The goal was scored from the penalty spot after a handball in the penalty area. Some fine movement on the left led to a Zgorigrad goal after 40 minutes, making it 1 - 3. S. Hrnjak was noted down as the scorer. 41 minutes into the match, Vorwärts's M. Prameshuber collected a ball sent down the right and put it in the back of the net, narrowing the score to 2 - 3. 2 - 3 was the halftime score. Vorwärts had most of the ball, with 53 percent of possession.

Vorwärts's J. Palokangas put his head to a well placed ball, lifted in from the left, and scored to make the score 3 - 3 with 49 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock. 50 minutes into the match and the home team took a 4 - 3 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for Vorwärts was M. Prameshuber. J. Palokangas didn't pace himself at all, and after a series of daring offensive runs he was too tired to help out in the defensive play. The Zgorigrad free kick 55 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of C. Antonietti, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 4 - 4! Zgorigrad had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially 63 minutes in when F. Sutman came up alone against C. Steinbeiss who managed a block. After 67 minutes, D. Władysiak came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 5 - 4, giving Vorwärts the lead. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Vorwärts, with 57 percent of the ball.

Vorwärts's best player was M. Prameshuber. However, M. Ströming made a disastrous appearance. S. Hrnjak performed admirably for Zgorigrad. M. Masiello on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 5 - 4.