Friendly League

Niedersachsenstadion
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Emilio Argina started the match with the kick off. Bernd Yuschni showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alberigo Sessa, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. A collision led to Hannover Reds getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Jörn Hartwig hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, SSV Ulm 1846's Sven-Olof Lilja got a free kick in the 7th minute. SSV Ulm 1846's defense didn't have a chance, in the 9th minute, when Emilio Argina scored to the left of an out of position Timo Courtois, making the score, 1-0. 15 minutes into the match, SSV Ulm 1846's goal looked a bit too open when Qiao Xing Qi came free, but Timo Courtois reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Timo Courtois showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emilio Argina in the 22nd minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Willi Tilmann got free with Timo Courtois in the 24th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 28th minute, Afonso Silveira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Hannover Reds getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Douglas Lundin hit a great ball. Timo Courtois made an important save on a dangerous shot by Douglas Lundin in the 39th minute. In the 42nd minute, Alberigo Sessa ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Bernd Yuschni was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Timo Courtois showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emilio Argina, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. Don Merlot received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 48th minute. Bernd Yuschni tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Don Merlot was the one to do the kick off. Bernd Yuschni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberigo Sessa in the 52nd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Don Merlot in the 54th minute of play forced Hannover Reds's goalkeeper Bernd Yuschni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Hannover Reds getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Markus Thalberg hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberigo Sessa in the 55th minute of play forced Hannover Reds's goalkeeper Bernd Yuschni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Timo Courtois took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Qiao Xing Qi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bernd Yuschni made an important save on a dangerous shot by Don Merlot in the 62nd minute. SSV Ulm 1846's Timo Courtois played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lars Voss in the 64th minute of play. When Alberigo Sessa came up free with the goalie in the 67th minute, the SSV Ulm 1846 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 Alberigo Sessa couldn't finish the play. SSV Ulm 1846's Timo Courtois played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emilio Argina in the 71st minute of play. Bernd Yuschni made a fantastic save in the 73rd minute, when Don Merlot sent off a good shot on target. Herbert Busch charged in rather forcefully in the 76th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Herbert Busch the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of SSV Ulm 1846 booed when Hannover Reds was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. Herbert Busch didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 80th minute Emilio Argina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Timo Courtois saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Emilio Argina fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Timo Courtois having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberigo Sessa in the 83rd minute of play forced Hannover Reds's goalkeeper Bernd Yuschni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 86th match minute, SSV Ulm 1846 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Afonso Silveira to maneuver through the defense. In the 88th minute the ball was on its way in behind SSV Ulm 1846's goalkeeper Timo Courtois, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Jörn Hartwig got a throw-in 89 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Lars Voss. 91 minutes in the game Jörn Hartwig did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Lars Voss. Timo Courtois made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Douglas Lundin in the 93rd minute of play. Timo Courtois showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emilio Argina, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute.