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Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Arbo Stamm kicked off to start the match. Dimitri Grobmaul made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stephan Steinecke in the 4th minute of play. Lucjan Domeracki hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. In the 8th minute, Arbo Stamm left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Lilli fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eduard Jankowsky in the 12th minute of play forced Lusitânia's goalkeeper Dimitri Grobmaul to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dimitri Grobmaul showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stephan Steinecke in the 13th minute of the match. Lucjan Domeracki sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Dimitri Grobmaul made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eduard Jankowsky in the 17th minute of play. In the 18th minute Arbo Stamm shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dimitri Grobmaul saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 19 minutes into the match, Lusitânia's goal looked a bit too open when Lucjan Domeracki came free, but Dimitri Grobmaul reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 20th minute, Eduard Jankowsky ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dimitri Grobmaul was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. When Eduard Jankowsky came up free with the goalie in the 25th minute, the FC Lilli 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 Eduard Jankowsky couldn't finish the play. In the 26th match minute, FC Lilli was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Justin Bärmann to maneuver through the defense. In the 27th minute, Rolf Hach hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With his leg Otto-Stephan Hennig managed to avoid a goal in the 30thth minute, when Lusitânia's Jan Backes fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After some careless play in the Lusitânia defense, Arbo Stamm kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dimitri Grobmaul. The Lusitânia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dimitri Grobmaul should have stopped the shot. Dimitri Grobmaul showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arbo Stamm, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Eduard Jankowsky scored 0-5 in the 39th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dimitri Grobmaul, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Lusitânia's Dimitri Grobmaul played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arbo Stamm in the 43rd minute of play. Dimitri Grobmaul took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arbo Stamm, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-5 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jan Backes to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jan Backes in the 53rd minute of play forced FC Lilli's goalkeeper Otto-Stephan Hennig to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 54th minute, Arbo Stamm reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Dimitri Grobmaul. The goal made the score 0-6. Dimitri Grobmaul was a little too slow when Lucjan Domeracki got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 58th minute. The score was now 0-7. The crowd rose to their feet as FC Lilli's Lucjan Domeracki slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Dimitri Grobmaul. That made the score 0-8 after 62 minutes of play. In the 69th minute Lucjan Domeracki shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dimitri Grobmaul saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 70 minutes into the match, Lusitânia's goal looked a bit too open when Stephan Steinecke came free, but Dimitri Grobmaul reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. FC Lilli made a substitution. Konrad Brock replaced Christian Hofmann. Eduard Jankowsky who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 76thth minute tested the skills of Dimitri Grobmaul when he managed to save the team from getting behind. 78 minutes into the match, Lusitânia's goalkeeper Dimitri Grobmaul had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Eduard Jankowsky. In the 79th match minute, Lusitânia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Frederik Gibbels to maneuver through the defense. After 80 played minutes Lusitânia got a freekick which was hit by Frederik Gibbels. The audience thought a goal was coming when Arbo Stamm got free with Dimitri Grobmaul in the 81st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Dimitri Grobmaul made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stephan Steinecke in the 82nd minute of play. Arbo Stamms short, quick shot in the 85thth minute got Dimitri Grobmaul to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. With an all-out effort, FC Lilli's Dimitri Grobmaul threw himself towards the right post 90 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Lucjan Domeracki, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Jan Backes kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. Dimitri Grobmaul made an important save on a dangerous shot by Eduard Jankowsky in the 96th minute. When the match was over FC Lilli could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Lusitânia throughout the match.