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Stadion Mogno
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Martial Gautschi took the kick off in the first half of the match. Luis Hitz hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. Hanley Oehen's late challenge caught a Eggersriet FC 89's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hanley Oehen helped the player get up and apologised. In the 18th match minute, A.C LUGANO was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hanley Oehen to maneuver through the defense. Bennett Stalder charged in rather forcefully in the 19th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Bennett Stalder the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Eggersriet FC 89's Bennett Stalder got a free kick in the 19th minute. Martial Gautschi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Nils-Åke Esbjörnsson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 31st minute, Hanley Oehen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 37 minutes in the game Curt Geiger did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Beniamino Jerzinger. After some fancy dribbling in the 38th minute, Ernesto Silvestri managed to get in a good position for a shot. A.C LUGANO's supporters rose to their feet, but Ernesto Silvestri was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ingvar Hansen breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 42 minutes into the game, Benedict Gauthier was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. A.C LUGANO's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Eggersriet FC 89 the free kick. After a rather tough play, A.C LUGANO's Benedict Gauthier got a free kick in the 43rd minute. Nils-Åke Esbjörnsson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Martial Gautschi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Benedict Gauthier stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Luis Hitz's late challenge caught a Eggersriet FC 89's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Luis Hitz helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to A.C LUGANO getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Luis Hitz hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Martial Gautschi in the 72nd minute of play forced A.C LUGANO's goalkeeper Nils-Åke Esbjörnsson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 78 played minutes A.C LUGANO got a freekick which was hit by Ernesto Silvestri. In the 89th match minute, A.C LUGANO was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Benedict Gauthier to maneuver through the defense. In the 94th minute, August Zwirn fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Martial Gautschi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Eggersriet FC 89 were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.