League Play-Off

An der Quelle
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) SK Fenerbahce Wien's Alexandros Matsinopoulos started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 4th minute of the game Steffen Eisenheld made a throw-in which Ralf Szüczs played forward. Pierre Van den Plas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 30 minutes of play, SK Fenerbahce Wien's Alexandros Matsinopoulos made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marcel Mallinger was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Pierre Van den Plas in the 32nd minute of play forced SK Fenerbahce Wien's goalkeeper Chris Draxl to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alexandros Matsinopoulos scored 0-2 in the 34th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marcel Mallinger, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Marcel Mallinger showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alexandros Matsinopoulos, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. SK Fenerbahce Wien's Chris Draxl proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 40th minute of the match, managed to save SK Fenerbahce Wien from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ralf Szüczs got free with Chris Draxl in the 43rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

SK Fenerbahce Wien's Roland-Nicolas Hertz was substituted for Phillip Hörholdt. The wind increased when Anfilogino Alfonsi made the kick off in the second half. After some careless play in the SK Fenerbahce Wien defense, Ralf Szüczs kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Chris Draxl. The SK Fenerbahce Wien fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Chris Draxl should have stopped the shot. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Per Nienhaus in the 68th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Chris Draxl saved SK Fenerbahce Wien from getting behind. In the 69th minute, Justus Sandkühler hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. SK Fenerbahce Wien's Eike Hörtnagel was substituted for Alexandros Matsinopoulos. Justus Sandkühler hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. Chris Draxl made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rudolf Reichert in the 76th minute of play. When FV Wienerwald's Ralf Szüczs in the 78th minute got a chance for a shot 78th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye SK Fenerbahce Wien's goalie prevented a goal. SK Fenerbahce Wien's Chris Draxl played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ralf Szüczs in the 86th minute of play. When FV Wienerwald's Pankracy Pilitowski in the 89th minute got a chance for a shot 89th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye SK Fenerbahce Wien's goalie prevented a goal. 91 minutes had been played when some careless play by SK Fenerbahce Wien's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Pankracy Pilitowski was slow to take the kick. During this time FV Wienerwald's players had a chance to rest. The corner went over the outstretched arms of SK Fenerbahce Wien's goalie and right to Steffen Eisenheld. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. SK Fenerbahce Wien's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Chris Draxl made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pankracy Pilitowski in the 95th minute of play.