Fc_kickass 0 - 0 bruegger (394132723)

Clouds darkened the skies at Wankdorf-Arena as 886 spectators turned up for the match. Zbigniew Draczyński was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ionel Trascã and Fabio Simonetti. Fc_kickass had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Maze - Scherfede, Concia, Sanmartín - Bürgler, Conticello, Lecomte, Urdangarin, Jauch - Ballenger, Negrín.

bruegger decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Dahl - Huebner, Dejean, Bohnenberger, Zürrer - Saltzberger, Nolder, Briner, Labrunie - Portero, Maistri.

Fc_kickass clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. bruegger saw most attack opportunities on the wings. R. Jauch really should have scored when he was chosen by fate to confront a wide open goal following a great play by L. Lecomte after a corner. Fc_kickass were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. This was a good period for the visitors, with several opportunities to take the lead, particularly when A. Briner slipped through the defence on the right to come up alone against B. Maze, but the home side's keeper showed his lightning reflexes. Fc_kickass players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. Good work by the Fc_kickass defensive line after 36 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found L. Lecomte alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. 0 - 0 was the halftime score. Fc_kickass had most of the ball, with 69 percent of possession.

Fc_kickass had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. Making his way up the middle 54 minutes into the match, R. Jauch almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert H. Dahl blocked it to keep the score level. The referee showed bruegger's T. Saltzberger the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. K. Ballenger would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise. A. Gaccioli entered the game for Fc_kickass as the match clock showed 70 minutes. Many thought A. Gaccioli ought to have been awarded a penalty 71 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around H. Dahl after a determined run through the middle. After a fine move down the middle A. Gaccioli nearly gave the home side a goal after 74 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. Fc_kickass's L. Lecomte was shown a yellow card after 77 minutes for slicing down an opponent. J. Nolder was the unlucky victim and couldn't continue the game, so bruegger's A. Perret had to come off the bench. Central attacks were the recipe of the day for Fc_kickass, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. Some great play up the middle by Fc_kickass led to a chance for N. Bürgler to score after 80 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. 81 minutes in, bruegger's N. Dejean received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. N. Bürgler was very close to giving Fc_kickass the lead with an ingenious free kick routine 82 minutes into the match, but the ball just grazed the bar. L. Lecomte of Fc_kickass got sent off for kicking the ball after the whistle, a completely uncalled for move, earning him his second yellow card of the game. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Fc_kickass, with 64 percent of the ball.

J. Urdangarin performed admirably for Fc_kickass. B. Maze turned in a dismal performance, however. bruegger's best player was N. Dejean. L. Bohnenberger was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 0.