Friendly League

Niedersachsenstadion
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Emilio Argina started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After 2 played minutes Hannover Reds's Willi Tilmann stole the ball from his opponents and shot the ball towards the upper left corner, but Rune Jarstein stretched himself as far as he could, and stopped the ball from passing the line. robbing Hertha 1969 of the goal. Zé Paulo da Silva sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Bernd Yuschni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gigel Elenescu in the 6th minute of the match. In the 7th match minute, Hertha 1969 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Benedikt Bensch to maneuver through the defense. A hard shot by Otfried Mutke from long distance, 7 minutes into the match, got Rune Jarstein's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Rune Jarstein stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Lars Voss's shot from short distance in the 13th minute. 15 minutes had been played when some careless play by Hertha 1969's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Otfried Mutke was slow to take the kick. During this time Hannover Reds's players had a chance to rest. Hannover Reds's Emilio Argina was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Rune Jarstein in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 16thth minute of the game Emilio Argina who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Hertha 1969's Rune Jarstein was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, Hertha 1969's Nils Mademann got a free kick in the 18th minute. Hertha 1969's Rune Jarstein proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 19th minute of the match, managed to save Hertha 1969 from getting a goal against them. In the 20th minute, Emilio Melzer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bernd Yuschni made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zé Paulo da Silva in the 23rd minute of play. In the 25th minute Rupert Heidingsfelder shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bernd Yuschni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gigel Elenescu in the 26th minute of play forced Hannover Reds's goalkeeper Bernd Yuschni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bernd Yuschni showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gigel Elenescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. 30 minutes into the game, Hertha 1969's Rupert Heidingsfelder nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Bernd Yuschni made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Bernd Yuschni didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Emilio Melzer went, in the 36th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Hannover Reds's Bernd Yuschni played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zé Paulo da Silva in the 39th minute of play. In the 42nd minute of the match, Emilio Argina tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Rune Jarstein saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Bernd Yuschni showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gigel Elenescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Rupert Heidingsfelder to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute, Rupert Heidingsfelder made a precise shot to the right of Bernd Yuschni. Hannover Reds's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-5. Bernd Yuschni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rupert Heidingsfelder in the 56th minute of the match. 62 minutes into the match, Hannover Reds's goal looked a bit too open when Rupert Heidingsfelder came free, but Bernd Yuschni reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bernd Yuschni came out of the goal in the 63rd minute to try and stop a shot by Hertha 1969's Rupert Heidingsfelder. But to his dismay, Rupert Heidingsfelder quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-6. In the 67th minute of the match Hannover Reds got a corner. Hertha 1969's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Otfried Mutke ran over to the corner to take the kick. Bernd Yuschni made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rupert Heidingsfelder in the 70th minute. Rune Jarstein showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Willi Tilmann, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. Bernd Yuschni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rupert Heidingsfelder in the 78th minute of the match. Rupert Heidingsfelder might have been able to make a better finish in the 82nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Bernd Yuschni. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Rupert Heidingsfelder ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 82nd minute Rupert Heidingsfelder shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bernd Yuschni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nils Mademann sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A throw-in in the 85th minute of the game was made by Jörn Hartwig with Qiao Xing Qi as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. In the 89th minute of the match Hannover Reds got a corner. Hertha 1969's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Otfried Mutke ran over to the corner to take the kick. After a defensive mix-up in Hannover Reds's zone, Nils Mademann stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bernd Yuschni came out of the goal and Nils Mademann tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Hertha 1969's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.