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Eschikofen
Spectators: 8504 (Terracing: 6378, Seating: 1956, VIP seats: 170) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Adamantios Vlastarakis got the match started through his kick off. Colin Enzmann made a fantastic save in the 3rd minute, when Yanic Zimmermann sent off a good shot on target. Bryan Schüepp hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. Raffaello Archambault recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 7th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 8 minutes into the match, Adamantios Vlastarakis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Colin Enzmann. Seastar Thun's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Adamantios Vlastarakis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. A collision led to Eschikofen getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Roberto Leclerc hit a great ball. In the 15th minute, Yanic Zimmermann made a precise shot to the right of Colin Enzmann. Seastar Thun's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. Yanic Zimmermann came free with the goalkeeper in the 21st minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Colin Enzmann could save by the left post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Yanic Zimmermann got free with Colin Enzmann in the 23rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Raffaelo von Felten didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Raffaello Archambault went, in the 35th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. In the 40th minute of the match, Adamantios Vlastarakis tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Colin Enzmann saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Yanic Zimmermann took the ball and in the 42 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Colin Enzmann. Colin Enzmann dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. Adamantios Vlastarakis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Colin Enzmann tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Raffaello Archambault to make the kick off. Eschikofen's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Hector Petroni in the 54th minute. Eschikofen's Adamantios Vlastarakis was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Colin Enzmann in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 55th minute, Helmuth Roth hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 62nd minute, Yanic Zimmermann managed to get in a good position for a shot. Eschikofen's supporters rose to their feet, but Yanic Zimmermann was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Colin Enzmann breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Adamantios Vlastarakis took the ball and in the 65 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Colin Enzmann. Colin Enzmann dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-1. Adamantios Vlastarakis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Colin Enzmann having to interfere. In the 71st minute, Yanic Zimmermann made a precise shot to the right of Colin Enzmann. Seastar Thun's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-1. Colin Enzmann showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Yanic Zimmermann in the 76th minute of the match. After 77 minutes of play, Eschikofen's Adamantios Vlastarakis made it 6-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Colin Enzmann was left in no man's land by his defense there! Marc Walder hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Eschikofen's zone, Raffaello Archambault stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Raffaelo von Felten came out of the goal and Raffaello Archambault tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Adamantios Vlastarakis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some careless play in the Seastar Thun defense, Adamantios Vlastarakis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Colin Enzmann. The Seastar Thun fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Colin Enzmann should have stopped the shot. There was no doubt that Eschikofen were the better team. Eschikofen's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.