Piecken! 1 - 2 Foreburgh (374639178)

Dark skies made the crowd of 47596 at Sankt Pauli a little nervous, but the rain held off. Andrea Festa was the appointed referee. Piecken! decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. They fielded: te Riele - Dörsam, Peksoy, Birner - Moura Silva, Helmer, Johansen, Wakker, Mouwe - Zoetemelk, Mingelen.

Foreburgh tactics involved an interesting 5-2-3 combination. Starters: Stannek - Jünke, Hrelja, Torres, Pöyhönen, Bourquin - Lázaro, Bouriez - Johnson, Greeven, Åhnbom.

Foreburgh clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. Foreburgh almost scored after a counterattack 7 minutes into the match, but N. Hrelja took a shot from the left that landed harmlessly in the side of the net. Foreburgh's J. Johnson got himself booked for a foul. R. Mingelen gave Piecken! the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 1 - 0 The goal to make it 1 - 1 was scored by J. Åhnbom after 20 minutes, following an opportunistic counterattack down the middle by Foreburgh. 1 - 1 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to Piecken!, who controlled the ball 69 percent of the time.

46 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for Piecken! to take the lead after a good cross from the right found J. Moura Silva alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. Foreburgh's defence sent a ball soaring up the middle on a beautiful counterattack with 47 minutes gone, but Y. Bouriez's finish was met by the reaching hands of the keeper. The head of R. Greeven connected with a corner kick after 55 minutes, and the ball ended up with A. Pöyhönen of Foreburgh who blasted the ball into the net, making the score 1 - 2. Foreburgh's L. Jünke was shown a yellow card after 80 minutes for slicing down an opponent. After 83 minutes, following yet another great corner, N. Mouwe's flick on at the near post reached P. Wakker, who was just wide with his snapshot - the ball went out for a goal kick. Foreburgh's J. Johnson had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 87 minutes having been played. L. Wu Han was the replacement. L. Jünke became the new Foreburgh captain. Piecken! had most of the ball, with 66 percent of possession.

R. Mingelen performed admirably for Piecken!. On the other hand, A. Johansen's play was disheartening. The most dominating Foreburgh player was without a doubt Y. Bouriez. N. Hrelja was a disappointment, however. The match ends 1 - 2.