B23 1 - 1 Dorsten (384319209)

Dark skies made the crowd of 34599 at Schikaria Arena a little nervous, but the rain held off. Dany Michel was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Marco Gonçalves and Kristian Komenda. B23 started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Becerril - Angemi, Hrunčev, Soyer, Chainis - Morel, Jakoby, Schmiderer, Herrera - Munk, Crommelinck.

Dorsten decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players took the field: Gunnarsson - Krauland, Scheibenpflug, Di Dio - Karshkov, Câmpeanu, Lorena, Pattantyus, Pruckner - Glazkov, Kefurt.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for B23. Always quick and a menace to his opponents, T. Pruckner was very close to getting through after 18 minutes, but he could only put the ball into the keeper's arms. R. Scheibenpflug came close to putting the visiting team one up 24 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but S. Becerril managed to tip the ball to a corner. B23 will have to do without M. Crommelinck for a time, due to a bad foot injury at the 25 minute mark. He was substituted by F. Drucks. T. Pruckner had a good opportunity to give Dorsten the lead as he charged down the right and struck the ball towards the top corner, but the home team's goalkeeper made the save. J. Schmiderer finished off the counterattack of B23 from the left rather easily, making the score 1 - 0. Some brilliant football from the visitors' right wing resulted in a levelling of the score as Dorsten's B. Glazkov put the ball in the onion bag after 32 minutes to make it 1 - 1. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to Dorsten, who controlled the ball 62 percent of the time.

Dorsten's B. Glazkov could have put the guests one up after 51 minutes after chasing a through ball from the right, but S. Becerril was as fast as a snake, grabbing the ball from under his nose. B. Kefurt had a good try after 57 minutes, coming in on a fine move from the left, but the ball went wide. Dorsten enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 64 percent of possession.

Most important B23 player was A. Jakoby. However, B. Soyer made a disastrous appearance. Dorsten's best player was B. Kefurt. V. Krauland on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 1.