Füssen 4 - 1 Effizienz (384414089)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 19832 to Forgensee Arena. Dennis Thöny was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Pedro Miguel Conde and Theo Gropius. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Füssen. The following players took the field: Feulner - Linken, Torroba, Kaintoch - Jansson, Apap Bologna, Helffenstein, De Florio, Anikanopoulos - Muncker, Kumutat.

Effizienz started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Gângureanu - Żebrowski, Gualandri, Payten, Tyl - Kastanie, Spalinger, Várszegi, Abeixón, Pittau - Azzena.

For their match strategy, Effizienz had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. 5 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for Füssen was M. De Florio. L. Gualandri really should have scored when he was chosen by fate to confront a wide open goal following a great play by B. Abeixón after a corner. Füssen's I. Anikanopoulos got himself booked for a foul. Füssen increased the lead as N. Helffenstein struck to make the score 2 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 0. Füssen enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 64 percent of possession.

Effizienz's D. Pittau was shown a yellow card after 50 minutes for slicing down an opponent. 59 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as M. De Florio broke through, making the score 3 - 0 for Füssen. N. Kumutat had a fantastic opportunity to put Füssen up another goal 75 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave C. Azzena from Effizienz a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 78 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! A loud groan was heard from the fans of Füssen, as P. Linken left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. N. Garotti took his place on the field. After 85 minutes D. Kastanie made a speedy advance and dropped the ball to C. Azzena who shuffled it past the keeper. The score was now 3 - 1. Cheers filled the stadium as F. Apap Bologna broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 4 - 1 to Füssen. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Füssen lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Possession in this half belonged to Füssen, who controlled the ball 69 percent of the time.

Most important Füssen player was F. Apap Bologna. N. Garotti on the other hand, had a terrible day. C. Azzena performed admirably for Effizienz. On the other hand, M. Gângureanu's play was disheartening. The match ends 4 - 1.