Friendly League

Stadio Cornaredo
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Holger Knoche took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a rather tough play, SC Freiburg 1904 e.V.'s Fabien Tischler got a free kick in the 2nd minute. Niklas Sauter was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Zhao Le Sen. Niklas Sauter showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jack Saunders in the 5th minute of the match. Niklas Sauter showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jack Saunders, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. 10 minutes into the match, Fred Lara notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of SC Freiburg 1904 e.V.'s Niklas Sauter. Niklas Sauter was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The audience was convinced that Jack Saunders's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Niklas Sauter was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. If Jack Saunders had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 19 minutes into the match, SC Freiburg 1904 e.V.'s goalkeeper Niklas Sauter had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Fred Lara. La Para showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fritz Nettig in the 21st minute of the match. Niklas Sauter made an important save on a dangerous shot by Yusuf Ziya Cerit in the 25th minute. In the 32nd match minute, FC Lugano was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fred Lara to maneuver through the defense. 34 minutes into the match, SC Freiburg 1904 e.V.'s goal looked a bit too open when Yusuf Ziya Cerit came free, but Niklas Sauter reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 35 minutes into the match, SC Freiburg 1904 e.V.'s goal looked a bit too open when Fred Lara came free, but Niklas Sauter reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. La Para took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fritz Nettig, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Jack Saunders's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Niklas Sauter was relentless in the 46th minute of the game. 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.

The wind increased when Fred Lara made the kick off in the second half. Maximilian Breuning kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fred Lara in the 55th minute of play forced SC Freiburg 1904 e.V.'s goalkeeper Niklas Sauter to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 57 minutes of play, FC Lugano's Jakub Waselenczuk made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Niklas Sauter was left in no man's land by his defense there! Niklas Sauter took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fred Lara, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 62 played minutes SC Freiburg 1904 e.V. got a freekick which was hit by Fabien Tischler. Jakub Waselenczuk fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Niklas Sauter having to interfere. Niklas Sauter showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jack Saunders, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. When the match had gone on for 67 minutes, Jack Saunders put it in 4-0 from a short distance just to the right of Niklas Sauter. Niklas Sauter made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fred Lara in the 79th minute of play. Niklas Sauter showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jack Saunders in the 81st minute of the match. After 84 played minutes SC Freiburg 1904 e.V. got a freekick which was hit by Maximilian Breuning. Niklas Sauter showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zhao Le Sen in the 85th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, FC Lugano's Alexander Testa got a free kick in the 85th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fred Lara in the 89th minute of play forced SC Freiburg 1904 e.V.'s goalkeeper Niklas Sauter to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Niklas Sauter made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jack Saunders in the 91st minute of play. Cui Cheng Liang's late challenge caught a SC Freiburg 1904 e.V.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cui Cheng Liang helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to FC Lugano getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Cui Cheng Liang hit a great ball. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. FC Lugano fully deserved thier win.