Gostenhof 0 - 0 Klotzen (368953658)

15871 spectators had come to Peter Gingold Gedächtnis Stadion this cloudy day. Nasser Nasser Al-Yaseen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Pier Rouvoet and Christian Baetschmann. Gostenhof tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. The following players took the field: Gooden - Thom, Grob - Retegui, Marès, Gassmann, Knabb, Tâm Hiếu - Lux, Siekacz, Wingate.

Klotzen started off with a 5-4-1 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Melchner - Avramović, Popov, Flühler, Scheibenpflug, Steinwender - Seiderer, Weicht, Soto Barón, Radice - Dotan.

For their match strategy, Klotzen had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. P. Retegui seems to have an uncanny ability to try the unusual. He nearly produced a great goal - unfortunately for Gostenhof his shot went just wide this time. Klotzen had a great opportunity to score following a counterattack after 11 minutes, but A. Dotan's shot from the left sailed high over the bar. Gostenhof made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left G. Grob completely alone with keeper T. Melchner, who made a spectacular block. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave I. Soto Barón from Klotzen a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 16 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Gostenhof, with 70 percent of the ball.

46 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a Klotzen substitution. S. Varsamis came on for M. Avramović. A late sliding challenge from I. Soto Barón was deemed to be his second yellow card offence by the referee, resulting in him being sent off, and Klotzen left a man down. G. Radice was the new captain of Klotzen - handed the armband by the departing player. G. Wingate's knee will be throbbing for days, but thankfully for Gostenhof, he bravely continued in the match. With the clock showing 66 minutes played, a great pass from the defensive line of Klotzen resulted in a counterattack that was smoothly brought under control by W. Flühler in the centre of the opposition's penalty area, but his finish went high. Klotzen were able to mount several counterattacks, such as the impressive one after 86 minutes, but V. Popov lofted a free kick over the crossbar. Gostenhof enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 75 percent of possession.

The most dominating Gostenhof player was without a doubt M. Knabb. E. Gooden was a disappointment, however. Klotzen's top performer was clearly A. Dotan. K. Seiderer turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 0.