Spielfreunde 5 - 2 Bmwrangers (394178113)

2792 spectators arrived at Greifswald Dome, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Boltežar Dvorančič was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Gilleasbuig McGrain and Julian Eberharter. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Spielfreunde. The following players took the field: Draber - Milard, Meinardi, Gocht - Ahumada, Micai, Brahms, Redenböck, Christiansson - Baykurt, Roux.

Bmwrangers started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. Starters: Aders - Mata, Tronstad, Rajagopalan - Barnet, Scussel, Bartoli, Buzon - Maltzeff, Minicucci, Sant'Angelo.

The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of Bmwrangers's F. Maltzeff after 4 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 0 - 1 lead. Spielfreunde's A. Christiansson was shown a yellow card after 24 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Bmwrangers's G. Minicucci went down after a savage challenge, but could continue playing after some medical attention. S. Baykurt made a superb strike after 28 minutes with a shot straight in front of the goal after a long ball through the middle, but one of the visitors' defenders got a foot in at the last second and warded it off for a corner. With the crowd on their feet chanting wildly, some great moves down the right hand side after 31 minutes gave Spielfreunde a wonderful opportunity to level the score, and L. Micai stepped up to the challenge. 1 - 1 V. Mata was the first to reach the corner kick, but his header was blocked by the keeper. However, Bmwrangers's T. Buzon managed to get hold of the rebound and tucked the ball into the empty net. 1 - 2 A. Christiansson knew he was in trouble after hacking down an opponent. Despite his pleading with the referee, the Spielfreunde player was shown a second yellow card and dismissed from the game. Due to some great work on the right wing Spielfreunde's L. Micai was able to even the score after 34 minutes to make the score 2 - 2. F. Maltzeff had a good try after 36 minutes, coming in on a fine move from the left, but the ball went wide. 2 - 2 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Spielfreunde, with 67 percent of the ball.

Spielfreunde took the lead 66 minutes into the game by 3 - 2, as S. Baykurt elegantly received a long range pass through the middle, finishing off with a half-volley shot just below the bar. Spielfreunde's L. Micai got himself booked for a foul. E. Brahms increased the lead for Spielfreunde to 4 - 2, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! Coming from the right, L. Micai almost managed to score another goal for Spielfreunde, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. After 77 minutes, D. Roux put Spielfreunde ahead 5 - 2 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Spielfreunde lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave G. Minicucci from Bmwrangers a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 78 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Possession in this half belonged to Spielfreunde, who controlled the ball 69 percent of the time.

Spielfreunde's best player was E. Brahms. G. Meinardi on the other hand, had a terrible day. Bmwrangers's top performer was clearly V. Mata. However, L. Aders made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 5 - 2.