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Old Trafford
Spectators: 7741 (Terracing: 5807, Seating: 1780, VIP seats: 154) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Matthew Pierucci got the match started through his kick off. In the 7th minute, Fabrice Hüsler made a precise shot to the right of Serge Walker. Manchester Crusaders's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Matthew Pierucci in the 10th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Serge Walker saved Manchester Crusaders from getting behind. Alexandros Caron charged in rather forcefully in the 15th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alexandros Caron the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In a very dangerous position, a player in Schlieren fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 14th minute. Penalty! An unexpectedly hard shot by Matthew Pierucci in the 28th minute of play forced Manchester Crusaders's goalkeeper Serge Walker to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fabrice Hüsler fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Serge Walker having to interfere. Timofej Lanbrigger received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Serge Walker tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Matthew Pierucci fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Serge Walker having to interfere. Serge Walker showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Timofej Lanbrigger, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. The audience was convinced that Matthew Pierucci's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Serge Walker was relentless in the 43rd minute of the game. Elian Winiger could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 48th minute of the match, but Ischy Brand made a huge save.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Florus Ludwig to strike the kick off in the second half. Manchester Crusaders's Serge Walker played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Matthew Pierucci in the 52nd minute of play. Ischy Brand made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Florus Ludwig in the 54th minute of play. Matthew Pierucci fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Serge Walker having to interfere. Manchester Crusaders's Serge Walker proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 60th minute of the match, managed to save Manchester Crusaders from getting a goal against them. Placidus Goffredo hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. In the 62nd minute, Timofej Lanbrigger got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Matthew Pierucci in the 64th minute of play forced Manchester Crusaders's goalkeeper Serge Walker to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Serge Walker didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Matthew Pierucci went, in the 64th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Matthew Pierucci blasted a shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Serge Walker having to make a save. 73 minutes into the match, Manchester Crusaders's goal looked a bit too open when Matthew Pierucci came free, but Serge Walker reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ischy Brand showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elian Winiger in the 75th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Florus Ludwig in the 77th minute of play forced Schlieren's goalkeeper Ischy Brand to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Timofej Lanbrigger got free with Serge Walker in the 80th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Matthew Pierucci in the 81st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Serge Walker prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Serge Walker was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Matthew Pierucci showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-4 in the 84 minute of play. When Matthew Pierucci came up free with the goalie in the 89th minute, the Schlieren fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Matthew Pierucci couldn't finish the play. In the 91st match minute, Schlieren was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Servatius Schmidli to maneuver through the defense. Serge Walker made a fantastic save in the 95th minute, when Timofej Lanbrigger sent off a good shot on target. Schlieren's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.