Fighters 3 - 0 Legionäre (369304882)

24074 spectators had come to Dragon Fighters Arena this cloudy day. József Sárkány was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Magnus Liedbratt and Stefan Gustavsson. Fighters started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Moretto - Vincent, Checcoli, Albrecht - Soschinka, Sheremetiev, Childs, MacWhirter, Brönnecke - Baysinger, Beriger.

Legionäre had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. Lineup: Vashkinel - Tomas, Mainwaring, Haas, Haji Abbasi - Jula, Stryjak, Arciozzi, Vespalec, Gomes Jr. - Di Pietrantonio.

Fighters seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. F. Soschinka would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise. J. Senn entered the game for Fighters as the match clock showed 1 minutes. Fighters's H. Baysinger was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 7 minutes. With 10 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 1 - 0 lead as R. Beriger flipped the ball in after a cross from the right. It was obvious that team Fighters had instructions to attack in the middle instead of on the wings. The corner kick from R. Beriger was powerfully met by the head of M. Albrecht to make the score 2 - 0. Fighters were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave M. Childs from Fighters a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 37 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! 2 - 0 was the score after the first half. Fighters claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 57 percent.

The referee showed Fighters's V. Sheremetiev the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. With 63 minutes played, Fighters's H. Baysinger almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. Fighters's R. Beriger saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 72 minutes. Legionäre's L. Vespalec got himself booked for a foul. After 82 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and V. Sheremetiev gave the Fighters supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 3 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Fighters, with 57 percent of the ball.

Most important Fighters player was M. Childs. T. Moretto was a disappointment, however. M. Di Pietrantonio performed admirably for Legionäre. However, K. Tomas made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 0.