Grasshoppers 1 - 0 Ratitsch (369343521)

A scorching day at GC Campus, where 23215 spectators were in place for today's match. Renato Paranhos was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Rafael Garcia and Santiago Ballesta. Grasshoppers had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. Lineup: Farahmand - Blog, Tung, Ruiz, Pietruczuk - Albernaz, Rossmann, Olhagaray, Ory, Holmann - Constantinescu.

Ratitsch started off with a 5-4-1 lineup. The following players took the field: Mazo Martínez - Schep, Wąsala, Sinoquet, Mrabet, Chasse - Mårtensson, Schrall, Sauthier, Jeckelmann - Dubois.

Grasshoppers tried to focus their attacks down the middle. Ratitsch mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. Halftime score was 0 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to Grasshoppers, who controlled the ball 75 percent of the time.

After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, F. Blog got himself booked. The manager of Grasshoppers was not happy. Ratitsch's N. Jeckelmann got himself booked for a foul. F. Blog's knee will be throbbing for days, but thankfully for Grasshoppers, he bravely continued in the match. A. Wąsala found it hard to catch his breath today in the stifling heat. 89 minutes into the match, the speedy F. Albernaz easily outpaced E. Schep, chipped the keeper and made the score 1 - 0. Grasshoppers put in a good effort on the right, but F. Constantinescu saw his volley fly wide of the mark 89 minutes into the game. F. Albernaz could have increased the lead after 89 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Grasshoppers, with 79 percent of the ball.

Grasshoppers's top performer was clearly M. Olhagaray. On the other hand, D. Ruiz's play was disheartening. Most important Ratitsch player was C. Chasse. However, H. Sauthier made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 0.