Sydneysider 0 - 4 Preußen (368739896)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and confining illegally Arena saw a crowd turnout of 39487. Federico Espín was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Larry Phillips and Mohd Hussein bin Hassan. Sydneysider tactics involved an interesting 4-5-1 combination. The following players had been chosen: Eschenheimer - Mazeira, MacKichan, Drapčík, Zrak - Padula, Gotthardt-Senk, Bekkevold, Tynilä, Vischer - Sertan.

Preußen had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. The following players took the field: Baiona - Szentpáli, El Gaïed - Amato, Talbro, Tsiroyiannis, Kade, Kouretas - Tuvshinsaihan, Zgirskis, Schittler.

Sydneysider used their skill at pressing to cut off the attack angles of their opponents all over the field. 4 minutes into the game, D. Talbro almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. Some quick footwork on the left side of the field 13 minutes into the match left Preußen's D. Talbro completely free to score. 0 - 1 for the visitors. After 31 minutes, Sydneysider's J. Drapčík fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! After 32 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed K. Tuvshinsaihan to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 2. With 32 minutes played, the Sydneysider coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. C. Taietti came on, N. Mazeira had to leave the fray. Confident in their lead, Preußen's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. After 39 minutes, G. Szentpáli sent the corner kick right to E. Schittler who headed it sharply past the keeper. 0 - 3! D. Baiona wanted to play on, but the Preußen coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 39 minutes into the game by B. Darmon. 0 - 3 was the score after the first half. Preußen enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 69 percent of possession.

The home crowd cheered when, after 59 minutes, G. Zgirskis's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. With the scoreboard showing that 60 minutes had been played, Preußen nearly put themselves up another goal after D. Talbro came through on the left. Fortunately for the home crowd, the keeper made the save. After 61 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for E. Schittler who increased Preußen's lead to 0 - 4. At this time in the match, Sydneysider were using their skill at pressing to successfully stifle the game. The Preußen players could smell victory in the air. M. El Gaïed wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for N. Winteler after 88 minutes. The coach of Preußen was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 89 minutes, R. Hoffnungsthal came on for B. Amato. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Preußen, with 70 percent of the ball.

Sydneysider's best player was H. Zrak. On the other hand, H. Bekkevold's play was disheartening. E. Schittler performed admirably for Preußen. B. Darmon on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 4.