Jungstars@Uster 2 - 0 chamäleon (393449969)

786 spectators arrived at LakeSide Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Stéphane Coutain was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Boris Hari and Stefan Haupt. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Jungstars@Uster. Lineup: Knez - Kallenberger, Stegemann, Soltermann - Deneau, Kleinmaier, Palmieri, Altmann, Venditti - Reilly, Borghaerts.

chamäleon started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Balitsch - Pergamo, Stöckl, Cicala - Fagerstrand, Mantouveris, Kopałko, Rusev, Stoian - Jacoby, Israel.

Jungstars@Uster were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. M. Stöckl's lack of experience almost gave Jungstars@Uster a goal after 14 minutes, but the shot went right into the keeper's arms. 19 minutes into the game, F. Jacoby almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. chamäleon's M. Stöckl got himself booked for a foul. F. Venditti's lightning pace was too much for J. Kopałko who could only look on as the Jungstars@Uster player blasted one home. 1 - 0. A counterattack by Jungstars@Uster after 44 minutes could have resulted in a goal, but Y. Palmieri, coming in on the left, couldn't get the shot off. 44 minutes in, Jungstars@Uster's F. Venditti received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. It was 1 - 0 at the break. Jungstars@Uster claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 59 percent.

With 52 minutes played, the visitors could have drawn level after F. Jacoby came through the middle, but his kick went wide. The Jungstars@Uster free kick 63 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 S. Kleinmaier, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 2 - 0! The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave G. Deneau from Jungstars@Uster a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 67 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Unfortunately for chamäleon, O. Mantouveris was injured when the game became more physical, and he had to leave the field. J. Maloney replaced him. The home side's B. Altmann came close to extending the lead 70 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but I. Balitsch managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. After 72 minutes Jungstars@Uster's F. Venditti limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. Jungstars@Uster enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 66 percent of possession.

The most dominating Jungstars@Uster player was without a doubt Y. Palmieri. B. Reilly on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important chamäleon player was C. Pergamo. F. Jacoby turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 2 - 0.