League Play-Off

Ameisenigel-Arena
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Kornelius Schmorell kicked off to start the match. When the match had gone on for 3 minutes, Matthias Wildemann took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Toader Stroie to make any attempt to save it. The crowd rose to their feet as Christoph Orthaus kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Toader Stroie. That made the score 2-0 in the 7 minute of play. ♥彡Mako Oda Fan Club彡♥'s Toader Stroie proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save ♥彡Mako Oda Fan Club彡♥ from getting a goal against them. In the 12th minute, Vidak Jevđenijević hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. ♥彡Mako Oda Fan Club彡♥'s Toader Stroie proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 13th minute of the match, managed to save ♥彡Mako Oda Fan Club彡♥ from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kornelius Schmorell got free with Toader Stroie in the 19th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 20th minute Theobald Pfeffermann shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Thomas Kirchberger saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Toader Stroie made a fantastic save in the 25th minute, when Matthias Wildemann sent off a good shot on target. After 26 played minutes FC Ameisenigel got a freekick which was hit by Matthias Wildemann. Manfred Pajonk received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Thomas Kirchberger tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Manfred Pajonk sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 37th minute Joseph Gehb shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Thomas Kirchberger saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Merten Lamwersiek's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Thomas Kirchberger was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. FC Ameisenigel's Thomas Kirchberger played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joseph Gehb in the 39th minute of play. Joseph Gehb sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 45 played minutes ♥彡Mako Oda Fan Club彡♥ got a freekick which was hit by Vidak Jevđenijević. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Theobald Pfeffermann in the 51st minute of play forced FC Ameisenigel's goalkeeper Thomas Kirchberger to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of ♥彡Mako Oda Fan Club彡♥ booed when FC Ameisenigel was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 51 match minutes in a wonderful position. Matthias Wildemann didn't get a good kick on the ball. Thomas Kirchberger made a fantastic save in the 53rd minute, when Merten Lamwersiek sent off a good shot on target. If Matthias Wildemann had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Merten Lamwersiek got free with Thomas Kirchberger in the 59th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Thomas Kirchberger didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Theobald Pfeffermann went, in the 60th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Kornelius Schmorell hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Manfred Pajonk in the 66th minute of play forced FC Ameisenigel's goalkeeper Thomas Kirchberger to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Florian Pache received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Toader Stroie tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 78 minutes into the match, Joseph Gehb had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Thomas Kirchberger. FC Ameisenigel's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Joseph Gehb was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. In the 81st minute, Christoph Orthaus left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Ameisenigel fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-2. If Manfred Pajonk had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The crowd rose to their feet as Merten Lamwersiek kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Thomas Kirchberger. That made the score 3-3 in the 87 minute of play. After 92 minutes, Christoph Steglich mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ♥彡Mako Oda Fan Club彡♥ and the FC Ameisenigel players grew even worse after the yellow card. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.