League

Hollabrunn
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) After 8 minutes, Uli Wank mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Naruto san and the Rapid Hollabrunn players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Naruto san getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Uli Wank hit a great ball. Rapid Hollabrunn's Jan Springer got a good chance for a goal in the 9th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Naruto san's Phillip Scharf proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save Naruto san from getting a goal against them. After having played for 12 minutes, Jan Springer managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Rapid Hollabrunn's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jan Springer was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a defensive mix-up in Naruto san's zone, Nico Dubinski stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Phillip Scharf came out of the goal and Nico Dubinski tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Oliver Pflipsen scored 1-1 in the 16th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Phillip Scharf, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. With a little luck, Naruto san's Phillip Scharf got control of the ball when Oliver Pflipsen tried to sneak it across the goal line. 22 minutes into the match, Rapid Hollabrunn's goal looked a bit too open when Florian Eberts came free, but Peter Beich reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Oliver Pflipsen hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. Nico Dubinski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Phillip Scharf tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 30 minutes into the match, Naruto san's goal looked a bit too open when Nico Dubinski came free, but Phillip Scharf reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Peter Beich showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Florian Eberts in the 33rd minute of the match. In the 42nd play minute Oliver Pflipsen came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Phillip Scharf. 3-1. Peter Beich made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tom Pircher in the 46th minute of play. After some careless play in the Naruto san defense, Oliver Pflipsen kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Phillip Scharf. The Naruto san fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Phillip Scharf should have stopped the shot. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Oliver Pflipsen to make the kick off. In the 54th minute, Oliver Pflipsen got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Nico Dubinski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Phillip Scharf didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nico Dubinski went, in the 72nd minute, to the upper right corner, 5-1 was the resulting score. 78 minutes into the game, Rapid Hollabrunn's Nico Dubinski nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Phillip Scharf made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 6-1. When Jan Springer came up free with the goalie in the 83rd minute, the Rapid Hollabrunn 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 Jan Springer couldn't finish the play. If Oliver Pflipsen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Oliver Pflipsen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Phillip Scharf having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Naruto san's zone, Nico Dubinski stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Phillip Scharf came out of the goal and Nico Dubinski tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A sloppy throw-in by Urs Moser in the 97th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Rapid Hollabrunn's Jan Springer. Phillip Scharf showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Oliver Pflipsen in the 98th minute of the match. There was no doubt that Rapid Hollabrunn were the better team. Rapid Hollabrunn's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.