Eilbek 2 - 0 GERSONA (393096393)

The 2192 fans in attendance at SV Eilbek Arena were roasting in the hot sun. Natane Hadlee was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ivano Eisenegger and Richard Askenbo. Eilbek started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Vicenec - Fidrich, Masdéu, Ameno - Trinkler, Vintros, Kinder, Sur, van der Graft - Vigani, Dirani.

A 5-2-3 alignment was the formation of choice for GERSONA. Starters: Styczeń - Winniczuk, Suzdorf, Ples, Bresci, Durak - Blazy, Mrowicki - Roche, Chrościcki, Binda.

Eilbek's A. Dirani tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. GERSONA almost scored after a swift counterattack 20 minutes into the game, but G. Bresci put the shot from the left flank just outside the goal. GERSONA's D. Binda was shown a yellow card after 30 minutes for slicing down an opponent. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to Y. Vintros, but the Eilbek player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0! A great save by keeper S. Styczeń after 38 minutes kept the visitors in the game after C. Masdéu struck from the left with a real cannonball. 41 minutes into the game, D. Binda had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came G. Mongo. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Eilbek, with 87 percent of the ball.

The coach of Eilbek was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 46 minutes, S. Makhlav came on for A. Sur. The Eilbek captaincy was handed to M. Vicenec. After 48 minutes, T. Kinder sent the corner kick right to V. Vigani who headed it sharply past the keeper. 2 - 0! The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave B. Suzdorf from GERSONA a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 62 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Several players seemed a little dazed by the warm weather, and were repeatedly tricked by the clever and agile G. Roche. After 80 minutes Eilbek's Y. Vintros limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. The home side's L. Ameno came close to extending the lead 81 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but S. Styczeń managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. X. Trinkler of Eilbek received a yellow card after 86 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Coming from the right, V. Vigani almost managed to score another goal for Eilbek, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. Eilbek's A. Dirani left the field after 88 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was T. Lappas. Eilbek had most of the ball, with 86 percent of possession.

Eilbek's best player was T. Lappas. On the other hand, K. Fidrich's play was disheartening. GERSONA's top performer was clearly G. Roche. H. Mrowicki on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 0.