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Spectators: 9229 (Terracing: 6923, Seating: 2123, VIP seats: 183) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Jan Gotthard took the kick off in the first half of the match. Ovidiu Adrian took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jan Gotthard, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 3 minutes of play, Los Spurs's Jan Gotthard made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ovidiu Adrian was left in no man's land by his defense there! Patrick Klimbacher hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. Ovidiu Adrian showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jan Gotthard in the 8th minute of the match. Roland Hock made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mauro Primeiro in the 13th minute of play. With his leg Ovidiu Adrian managed to avoid a goal in the 14thth minute, when Los Spurs's Jan Gotthard fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. If Jan Gotthard had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Roland Hock made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mauro Primeiro in the 17th minute of play. Ovidiu Adrian made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jan Gotthard in the 21st minute of play. The supporters of Poli Timisoara booed when Los Spurs was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jonas Wessler didn't get a good kick on the ball. Horst-Peter Unterberger struck a weak shot in the 24th minute. Roland Hock didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Poli Timisoara. 27 minutes into the match, Bartosz Erland notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Los Spurs's Roland Hock. Roland Hock was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Roland Hock showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bartosz Erland, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. Mauro Primeiro's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Roland Hock read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 32nd minute of play. Poli Timisoara's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Horst-Peter Unterberger in the 33rd minute. Horst-Peter Unterberger made a great header on Poli Timisoara's corner, it was just that Los Spurs's Roland Hock managed to reach the ball for a save. The audience was convinced that Tiger De Hond's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Roland Hock was relentless in the 35th minute of the game. 37 minutes into the match, Los Spurs's goal looked a bit too open when Tiger De Hond came free, but Roland Hock reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Poli Timisoara's Ovidiu Adrian proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 39th minute of the match, managed to save Poli Timisoara from getting a goal against them. Roland Hock took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mauro Primeiro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mauro Primeiro to make the kick off. If Leon Horsky had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Poli Timisoara's Ovidiu Adrian played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jan Gotthard in the 52nd minute of play. In the 55th minute Jonas-Marius Vielmann shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ovidiu Adrian saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jan Gotthard charged in rather forcefully in the 56th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jan Gotthard the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Poli Timisoara booed when Los Spurs was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jan Gotthard didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonas-Marius Vielmann in the 59th minute of play forced Poli Timisoara's goalkeeper Ovidiu Adrian to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 62nd minute of the match Poli Timisoara got a corner. Los Spurs's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Horst-Peter Unterberger ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led to Poli Timisoara's Tiger De Hond getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. The supporters of Poli Timisoara booed when Los Spurs was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lorenz Mix didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Los Spurs's Jonas-Marius Vielmann in the 66th minute got a chance for a shot 66th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Poli Timisoara's goalie prevented a goal. Poli Timisoara's Ovidiu Adrian played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jan Gotthard in the 68th minute of play. The supporters of Los Spurs booed when Poli Timisoara was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sascha Kulovitz didn't get a good kick on the ball. Bartosz Erland received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Roland Hock came out and tried to block the shot, but Bartosz Erland slotted it home off the left post making it 2-2 in the 72nd minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Poli Timisoara's Bartosz Erland slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Roland Hock. That made the score 2-3 after 76 minutes of play. After 81 minutes, Jan Gotthard made it 3-3 with a short kick to the right side. Poli Timisoara's Ovidiu Adrian tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. After 84th play minutes Jan Gotthard shot 4-3, a short shot which went by Ovidiu Adrian and just under the crossbar into goal. Jan Gotthard scored 5-3 in the 92nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ovidiu Adrian, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 95 minutes into the match, Poli Timisoara's goal looked a bit too open when Jan Gotthard came free, but Ovidiu Adrian reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.