Fenerbahçe 1 - 3 Urbock 23 (393070754)

1203 spectators had come to Fenerium Arena this cloudy day. Philipp Pinter was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Selmar Grone-Westerbrak and Valentin Mihai. A 2-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Fenerbahçe. Lineup: Tezcan - Mümtaz, Purković - Schläppi, Erkoç, De Bruyne, Akartuna, Çağlayan - Zelenović.

Urbock 23 started off with a 5-4-1 lineup. They fielded: Marbizza - Graen, Stanek, Morbidoni, Senes, Finizio - Viganò, Sossai, Arecco, Bertelli - Anastasio.

Fenerbahçe clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. It was an obvious ambition of Urbock 23 to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. With 3 minutes played, seemingly due to lack of experience, R. Arecco needlessly tripped an opponent just outside the penalty area, but the free kick that followed didn't succeed. Down the middle came A. Sossai, making a fantastic play that nearly had Urbock 23 take the lead after 10 minutes, but E. Tezcan preserved the tie. 14 minutes in, Fenerbahçe's D. Purković received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. After 20 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Urbock 23 found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to weak. Slack defending gave Fenerbahçe a chance to take the lead with 27 minutes played, but K. Erkoç's cross from the left flank was fumbled in front of the goal and easily dealt with by the opposition. After 33 minutes Fenerbahçe's D. Çağlayan contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. 36 minutes in, Fenerbahçe appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only weak. Fenerbahçe fans held their breath as A. Mümtaz scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 1 - 0! It was obvious that Urbock 23 had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. Urbock 23 were close to putting the equaliser away after 41 minutes as the opposing defence lost control of the ball to M. Anastasio in a scuffle towards the left of the goal, but in the end the ball was cleared over the dead ball line. After 43 minutes, Urbock 23's N. Marbizza fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! It was 1 - 0 at the break. Fenerbahçe claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 60 percent.

During the break, Fenerbahçe's coach went through the team's tactics yet again, getting them up to solid organisation. The Urbock 23 players spent the break getting a rerun of the team's tactical organisation and regained a solid organisation when the game started again. After 60 minutes, the visitors tied it up at 1 - 1 when a fantastic pass from the left was finished off by M. Anastasio. 77 minutes into the game, Fenerbahçe seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a inadequate level of organisation. 78 minutes into the game, Urbock 23 had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to solid. 87 minutes in, Fenerbahçe appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only weak. Some good play on the left wing created an opportunity for the visitors 88 minutes into the match, and G. Morbidoni wasn't about to let it go by. He got past the defenders and fired a shot that the keeper just missed. 1 - 2 for the visitors. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave F. De Bruyne from Fenerbahçe a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 88 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! M. Viganò of Urbock 23 had to be helped off the pitch as an injury meant he was unable to finish the game. A. Starke came in to finish the match. R. Stanek finished off the counterattack of Urbock 23 from the left rather easily, making the score 1 - 3. 89 minutes into the game, A. Sossai had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came L. Berto. Possession in this half belonged to Fenerbahçe, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.

K. Erkoç performed admirably for Fenerbahçe. E. Tezcan turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important Urbock 23 player was M. Anastasio. However, G. Morbidoni made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 3.