BO4 (0 - 0) VFB 3rd minute
Speidel comes across the defender when he gets close enough to him, he a does step over with his left and kicks the ball with his right down the wing. He runs with the defender still next to him.
When he reaches the ball, he stops and stands in front of the defender. Che looks around and asks for the ball. Speidel passes the ball and he passes it first time to the right back.
The right back does the same and passes it with one touch to the midfielder. The midfielder passed a long ball towards Leon on the other wing.
Leon brings the ball down with his chest and faces forward towards Bayer's right back. He approaches him slowly. He tries to attack at him, but the closer he gets to the defender, he doesn't know what to do.
He finds himself passing the ball again, this time towards the attacking midfielder that's in the striker position outside the box. The midfielder passes the ball to Che who's in a further position outside the box.
Halil already on him and sticks out his foot before Che could touch the ball and Bayer get the ball. Their formation has changed again to a 4 - 3 - 3, and after winning the ball they pass it out towards the right winger.
The winger passes to the midfielder, and he passes towards the striker who gets it back to the winger again. The winger is now running down the wing.
As soon as he gets to the byline he looks into the box and both the left winger, and the striker are both in the box.
The two of them are overcrowded in the box but the winger still sends the ball in, the striker and the left center back hold each other before both of them jump for the ball.
The defender plans to do the same techniques he used on Timo. But as soon as he is about hold on, the striker quick steps out of his grip and is now on his own.
He takes a jump while standing and the jump is huge, with the striker's knee almost at the defender's head. But the cross is over hit, and the ball just scrapes over the defender's head.
The ball is taken by Bayer's left back and he prepares himself for another cross. After pushing the ball a little forward, he crosses the ball in.
But this time the striker has both center backs on him, and they both sandwich him in the middle as the three of them jump for the ball.
The ball is cleared by Stuttgart's defenders and Stuttgart play the ball by passing it out of their half.
Since the game started, both teams haven't posed any threats for each other, and for ten minutes both teams were being careful with the ball. Taking no risks.
But slowly Bayer's team started to make them moves. They were changing formation every five minutes, each player moving to different positions without disrupting the flow of their game.
Instead of disrupting their flow it increased their tempo and momentum. The players were now moving faster, and the better passes were made by the team.
A defender would go in the midfield; the right winger went to attacking midfielder and a fullback became a winger.
This happened occasionally and more often as the minutes passed. Bayer pass the ball around the midfield and the pass it to the wing.
The winger runs with the ball down the left and when he gets to a good enough position close to the box, he does an early cross towards the box.
The striker runs with full speed towards the ball that's curling in towards the box. When in the box the ball starts to dip to the ground.
Now both the center back and the striker are chasing the ball, the center slides towards the ball and the striker the same.
The center back arrives at the ball first and while on his slide attempt he kicks the ball out the box. Bayer get the ball back.
The ball gets to the left winger who is now in the midfield, and he passes the ball to the attacking midfielder. Who passes it to the winger on the right.
And he crosses the ball inside the box again, and but the defenders clear the ball out again. Bayer get the ball, and now the center back has the ball in defensive midfield role.
He passes it through the midfield towards the winger who's in the midfield. The winger grabs the ball and advances with it forward.
He puts the ball to his right foot and looks towards the goal. Both center backs charge at him and the striker is now in an offside position.
The player shoots the ball from outside the box; the ball levitates through the ground and goes over the goal.
Players run back to their positions and Bayer change their formation to their normal formation again.
The keeper boots the ball out towards the center of the pitch, Halil wins a header over Che, but Stuttgart wins the ball.
The ball is passed around until it finally reaches Leon, and he grabs the ball and attempts a run down the wing.
He runs a little and decides to stop again, he looks at the defender. He jolts left and right but he poses no threat to the defender.
He finally passes the ball back to left back who gives him the ball back. Leon takes the ball and faces the defender again.
He thinks to himself, about what to do but can't bring himself to do anything. He tries to force himself commit to something and he finally does a step over and run.
But the defender stops his attacks and covers the ball with his body as it rolls out of play. Leon shouts in frustration.
He walks back into position while shaking his head at himself.