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Kükenkamp Sportparks
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Pascal Mevenkamp took the kick off in the first half of the match. After some careless play in the Pleysteiner Landeier defense, Hemmo Bothner kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Manuel Grabs. The Pleysteiner Landeier fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Manuel Grabs should have stopped the shot. Manuel Grabs stood somewhat misplaced when Hemmo Bothner came free in front of goal and shot 2-0 to the left of him in the 9 minute. Siegfried Tassler sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 15th minute, Matthias Hutter hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Marko Bogner fell near the penalty area in the 23rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Pleysteiner Landeier's protests and gave Marko Bogner a yellow card for diving instead. If Siegfried Tassler had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Hemmo Bothner received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Manuel Grabs tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hemmo Bothner had several of the Pleysteiner Landeier's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 31 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 4-0 score and a disappointed Manuel Grabs as he didn't even see the shot coming. A collision led to Küsd getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Gabor Ossenkopp hit a great ball. 45 minutes into the game, Hemmo Bothner cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-0. Manuel Grabs was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Af the end of the first half the score was 5-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Hemmo Bothner stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Manuel Grabs took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Siegfried Tassler, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Manuel Grabs stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Hemmo Bothner's shot from short distance in the 55th minute. Siegfried Tassler fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Manuel Grabs having to interfere. Palle Strohm kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. Pascal Mevenkamp succeeded in the game's 63rd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 5-1. After 66 minutes, Hemmo Bothner made it 6-1 with a short kick to the right side. Pleysteiner Landeier's Manuel Grabs tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Jens Dugnus kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. The supporters of Pleysteiner Landeier booed when Küsd was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aristide Apostel didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 71st minute, Pascal Mevenkamp made a precise shot to the right of Christen Ruppmann. Küsd's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 6-2. Manuel Grabs came out of the goal in the 74th minute to try and stop a shot by Küsd's Hemmo Bothner. But to his dismay, Hemmo Bothner quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 7-2. Manuel Grabs made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aristide Apostel in the 78th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Hemmo Bothner in the 79th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Manuel Grabs prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 80th match minute, Pleysteiner Landeier was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Carsten Brechensbauer to maneuver through the defense. After 82 played minutes, Küsd's Palle Strohm shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Manuel Grabs came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Küsd reached it. After 83rd play minutes Hemmo Bothner shot 8-2, a short shot which went by Manuel Grabs and just under the crossbar into goal. If Hemmo Bothner had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Hemmo Bothner's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Manuel Grabs was relentless in the 91st minute of the game. Hemmo Bothner's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Manuel Grabs read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 95th minute of play. 96 minutes into the match, Pleysteiner Landeier's goal looked a bit too open when Hemmo Bothner came free, but Manuel Grabs reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Küsd's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.