geddy team 0 - 1 ,,Korona (394294528)

Dark skies made the crowd of 936 at A CASA DEL NONNO a little nervous, but the rain held off. Donatus Lemberger was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Andre Wakelam and Nicolas Lequien. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for geddy team. Starters: Buscemi - Antal, Orellana Velázquez, Cannelli - Maliki, Alfarano, Maia, Passos, Mesquita - Di Razza, Kargulewicz.

,,Korona decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Lineup: Kalemba - Bastiaensen, Dziepak, Honomichl, Sopicki - Soares, Necel, Kocsis, Korba - von Aschersleben, Danelczyk.

geddy team's I. Kargulewicz tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. ,,Korona mounted an inspired counterattack down the right wing after 15 minutes, but E. von Aschersleben was unable to convert from short range. B. Maia of geddy team was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. Many thought D. Cannelli ought to have been awarded a penalty 33 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around T. Kalemba after a determined run through the middle. geddy team's M. Alfarano's long shot really ought to have found the net 35 minutes into the match, but it fell just wide of the target. ,,Korona's P. Korba was shown a yellow card after 38 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Some great play up the middle by geddy team led to a chance for M. Di Razza to score after 40 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. Halftime score was 0 - 0. geddy team had most of the ball, with 61 percent of possession.

This was a good period for the visitors, with several opportunities to take the lead, particularly when S. Danelczyk slipped through the defence on the right to come up alone against M. Buscemi, but the home side's keeper showed his lightning reflexes. Making his way up the middle 62 minutes into the match, M. Orellana Velázquez almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert T. Kalemba blocked it to keep the score level. E. von Aschersleben was first to reach a ball launched long through the center from ,,Korona's defence 63 minutes into the game. He managed to keep his cool and beat the goalkeeper to make the score 0 - 1. After 64 minutes ,,Korona's A. Kocsis limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. geddy team claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 59 percent.

M. Di Razza performed admirably for geddy team. M. Orellana Velázquez was a disappointment, however. Most important ,,Korona player was E. von Aschersleben. On the other hand, A. Kocsis's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 1.