Staßfurt 2 - 0 Erfttown (393220742)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 783 to FC Bode Staßfurt Arena. Jyri Sokero was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Anker Dabelsteen and Arnold Ida. Staßfurt had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players took the field: Pavlov - Schorfheide, Breitsprecher, Sofer - Degorre, Anisie, Szenti, Drăgoescu, Bisogno - Hägerling, Loertscher.

A 3-4-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Erfttown. They fielded: Schlieren - Moreaux, Mohrmann, Mena - Wallenfels, Kisser, Lund, Dietzel-Tratt - David.

With 37 minutes played, Staßfurt's well-worked indirect free kick caused havoc in the penalty area, and when the ball eventually fell to V. Anisie he gleefully slotted the ball home to make it 1 - 0. Some things can only be learned through experience, and S. Wallenfels should take his lesson to heart after nearly gifting Staßfurt a goal with 38 minutes of the match played. It was 1 - 0 at the break. Staßfurt enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 65 percent of possession.

Staßfurt's É. Degorre saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 62 minutes. After 67 minutes, a long pass from Staßfurt's T. Schorfheide caught the defence out of position. P. Hägerling collected the ball, and with the goal at his mercy calmly rolled the ball just inside the post. 2 - 0. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Staßfurt lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. 86 minutes into the game, Erfttown seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to inadequate. É. Degorre should probably have put his team up another goal after 88 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by M. Schlieren kept the visitors in the game. Staßfurt claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 66 percent.

The most dominating Staßfurt player was without a doubt G. Szenti. I. Loertscher turned in a dismal performance, however. Erfttown's top performer was clearly S. Wallenfels. On the other hand, B. Lund's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 0.