Priebe Primed
Damian Hutter was declared unavailable for the rest of the offseason due to a minor hamstring tear, and
Tian Yonghang continued with his criticism of the match officials in his post-game comments. "That was always going to happen with the lack of protection the referee was giving." Tian complained. "We will be needing Hutter for the coming season, and thankfully he should be back in time for the first league match."
Farmer Bunnies travelled to Germany to play H.A.L V.84 winners Megalomaniacs Düsseltal, who had won their last five games. There would be no goals in normal time, which came after
Gabriel Priebe put a 62nd minute penalty narrowly wide, and a couple of golden chances for Kevin Beckinsdale to win it late thanks to horrendous marking by the Buns' central defenders.
The Buns survived that somehow, and extra time saw much more compressed action with them awarded a second penalty five minutes in, after handball in the box. Having learnt his lesson, Priebe went for the same bottom right corner, but two yards inside this time. Karlheinrich Schofnegger thought him unlikely to do so, and again guessed wrongly on the American's free-kick two minutes later. Venezuelan fullback Miguel Ángel Burgos replied, but that was not enough.
Grilled International crushed Madrid's Atlético Parleño 5-1, as the Spanish IV.61 hosts claimed their only goal through Manuel Criado's excellent 26th minute lightning counter down the left.
Remond Bergervoet had knocked one in twelve minutes ago, and the hardworking Curaçao star would also close it off 64 minutes in.
Hardi bin Besar has seen better days, however, as he thrashed a penalty far too high, two minutes on.