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Stadion Chevenez
Spectators: 7792 (Terracing: 5845, Seating: 1792, VIP seats: 155) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ronan Christen got the match started through his kick off. In the 2nd minute, Abel Ambauen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Leonard Baumann took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 4th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Philip Hübscher. FC Basilea's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. A collision led to FC Basilea getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Andreas Grossi hit a great ball. Karl Caniglia scored 1-0 in the 8th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Philip Hübscher, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 13th minute, Karl Caniglia ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Philip Hübscher was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Philip Hübscher made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ronan Christen in the 16th minute of play. Ingo Schmidlin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ulric Dobmann, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ulric Dobmann sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 23 played minutes Chevenez got a freekick which was hit by Pieter Lucchesi. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Richard Wirth in the 26th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ingo Schmidlin saved Chevenez from getting behind. Beat Castelletti blasted a shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ingo Schmidlin having to make a save. Ulric Dobmann received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Ingo Schmidlin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 30th minute, Beat Castelletti managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Basilea's supporters rose to their feet, but Beat Castelletti was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ingo Schmidlin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 33 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when FC Basilea's Beat Castelletti fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. After having played for 36 minutes, Beat Castelletti managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Basilea's supporters crossed their fingers, but Beat Castelletti was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 39th minute, Andreas Hagenbuch hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Richard Wirth blasted a shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ingo Schmidlin having to make a save. In the 42nd minute, Udo DeGrasse hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Philip Hübscher showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ronan Christen, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ulric Dobmann in the 47th minute of play forced Chevenez's goalkeeper Ingo Schmidlin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

John Walter charged in rather forcefully in the 54th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed John Walter the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of FC Basilea booed when Chevenez was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 54 match minutes in a wonderful position. John Walter didn't get a good kick on the ball. Andreas Grossi's late challenge caught a Chevenez's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Andreas Grossi helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Chevenez booed when FC Basilea was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Andreas Grossi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Philip Hübscher took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Karl Caniglia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Philip Hübscher took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from John Walter, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Richard Wirth recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 60th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Franziskus Melone fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ingo Schmidlin having to interfere. Ingo Schmidlin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ulric Dobmann, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. After 67 played minutes Ulric Dobmann rounded Chevenez's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 2-1. In the 71st minute Ulric Dobmann shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ingo Schmidlin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Salomo Ruano kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. After some careless play in the FC Basilea defense, Karl Caniglia kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Philip Hübscher. The FC Basilea fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Philip Hübscher should have stopped the shot. Ulric Dobmann's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ingo Schmidlin read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 78th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Chevenez's zone, Franziskus Melone stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ingo Schmidlin came out of the goal and Franziskus Melone tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a defensive mix-up in Chevenez's zone, Beat Castelletti stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ingo Schmidlin came out of the goal and Beat Castelletti tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ingo Schmidlin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ulric Dobmann in the 83rd minute of play. Ingo Schmidlin didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when FC Basilea's Beat Castelletti shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 3-2 in the ordered_time% minute. Chevenez's Ingo Schmidlin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Beat Castelletti in the 87th minute of play. Franziskus Melone sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Franziskus Melone received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Ingo Schmidlin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 91 minutes into the game, Beat Castelletti cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-3. Ingo Schmidlin was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. If Beat Castelletti had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Despite being the better team, FC Basilea failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.