Challenge

Stadio Cornaredo
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Florian Diederich got the match started through his kick off. Guido Emennegger showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabio Schneider in the 3rd minute of the match. A throw-in in the 5th minute of the game was made by Emil Seidler with Fabio Schneider as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Fabio Schneider might have been able to make a better finish in the 7th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Guido Emennegger. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Fabio Schneider ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 10th minute, one of FC Lugano:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for FC Lugano. In the 15th minute Sandro Galishoff shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Guido Emennegger saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 17th minute Fabio Schneider shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Guido Emennegger saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nico Waismann charged in rather forcefully in the 28th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nico Waismann the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Nico Waismann hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. Julio Palluzzi might have been able to make a better finish in the 30th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Fabio Auer. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Julio Palluzzi ran back to his position shaking his head. Guido Emennegger showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabio Schneider in the 32nd minute of the match. A throw-in in the 36th minute of the game was made by Sandro Galishoff with Marvin Harrer as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. 39 minutes into the match, Julio Palluzzi dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Fabio Auer, 1-1. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Sandro Galishoff in the 44th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Guido Emennegger saved FC Lugano from getting behind. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

52 minutes in the game Emil Seidler did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Fabio Schneider. FC Lugano's Odysseus De Souza quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Emil Seidler, made in the 55th minute of the game. Dieter Gärtner sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpected shot in the 62nd minute by Sandro Galishoff got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Marvin Harrer sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jonas Nalder made in the 67th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Leonhard Maier. In the 68th minute Leonhard Maier shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Guido Emennegger saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Austria's Emil Seidler got a free kick in the 70th minute. If Jirko Bur had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Godo Gøl made in the 79th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Dieter Gärtner however managed to control. Fabio Auer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dieter Gärtner in the 80th minute of play. In the 83rd minute, Claus Pratter hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Fabio Schneider sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. FC Lugano's Guido Emennegger proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 87th minute of the match, managed to save FC Lugano from getting a goal against them. After a defensive mix-up in FC Lugano's zone, Marvin Harrer stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Guido Emennegger came out of the goal and Marvin Harrer tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Guido Emennegger made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fabio Schneider in the 90th minute. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.