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Tivoli Arena
Spectators: 10934 (Terracing: 8202, Seating: 2514, VIP seats: 218) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Wilhelm Nienhaus kicked off to start the match. Rune Jarstein showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valter Xabat, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. Thomas Müller received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Rune Jarstein tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gigel Elenescu took the ball and in the 10 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jess Carnduff. Jess Carnduff dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. In the 12th match minute, Alemannia Aachen was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Thomas Müller to maneuver through the defense. In the 13th minute Zé Paulo da Silva shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jess Carnduff saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Zé Paulo da Silva in the 14th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jess Carnduff saved Alemannia Aachen from getting behind. Jess Carnduff showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wilhelm Nienhaus, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. Zé Paulo da Silva received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Jess Carnduff tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 23rd minute Hertha 1969 were awarded a corner. Wilhelm Nienhaus went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Wilhelm Nienhaus almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Alemannia Aachen's Jess Carnduff did a great save. 24 minutes had been played when some careless play by Alemannia Aachen's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Wilhelm Nienhaus was slow to take the kick. During this time Hertha 1969's players had a chance to rest. Wilhelm Nienhaus made a great header on Hertha 1969's corner, it was just that Alemannia Aachen's Jess Carnduff managed to reach the ball for a save. Hertha 1969's defense didn't have a chance, in the 25th minute, when Thomas Müller scored to the left of an out of position Rune Jarstein, making the score, 1-1. Rune Jarstein showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valter Xabat in the 30th minute of the match. Rune Jarstein showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thomas Müller in the 31st minute of the match. In the 37th minute Valter Xabat shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rune Jarstein saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alemannia Aachen's Jess Carnduff played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zé Paulo da Silva in the 40th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Zé Paulo da Silva in the 40th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jess Carnduff saved Alemannia Aachen from getting behind. Rune Jarstein showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Manfred Kottsieper in the 42nd minute of the match. Mateusz Rydel hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. If Gigel Elenescu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Thomas Müller got free with Rune Jarstein in the 46th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Valter Xabat was the one to do the kick off. Rune Jarstein showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Thomas Müller, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Valter Xabat in the 53rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rune Jarstein saved Hertha 1969 from getting behind. Kristian Oswald kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. In the 56th minute of the match, Gigel Elenescu got a very nice opportunity to score, but Jess Carnduff was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Through an outstanding action, after 58 minutes, Jess Carnduff successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Hertha 1969's Stefan Mayer was substituted for Lüder Roppel. Valter Xabat fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rune Jarstein having to interfere. Hertha 1969's Rune Jarstein played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valter Xabat in the 66th minute of play. When Alemannia Aachen's Thomas Müller in the 71st minute got a chance for a shot 71st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Hertha 1969's goalie prevented a goal. 75 minutes into the match, Thomas Müller had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rune Jarstein. Hertha 1969's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Thomas Müller was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. After 77 minutes, Louis Leißner mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Alemannia Aachen and the Hertha 1969 players grew even worse after the yellow card. Gigel Elenescu's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Jess Carnduff firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 89th minute, Ziemowit Tscherner hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 90 minutes into the match, Hertha 1969's goal looked a bit too open when Valter Xabat came free, but Rune Jarstein reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Valter Xabat succeeded in the game's 93rd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 3-1. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Alemannia Aachen had won after a very even match.