League

Waldstadion
Spectators: 7870 (Terracing: 5915, Seating: 1930, VIP seats: 25) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Béla Lämmel started the match with the kick off. After a rather tough play, FC ReherPuls's Ron Hütt got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Hugo Haupt received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Wolfram Schraier tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Magnus Kümmel's late challenge caught a Rot-Weiss-Essen's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Magnus Kümmel helped the player get up and apologised. 17 minutes into the game, Hakem Al Khames was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Rot-Weiss-Essen's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC ReherPuls the free kick. August Hoffmanns made an important save on a dangerous shot by Béla Lämmel in the 19th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ekkehard Stötzer in the 21st minute of play forced Rot-Weiss-Essen's goalkeeper August Hoffmanns to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Wolfram Schraier didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Anestis Kotsopoulos went, in the 28th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. In the 37th minute Anestis Kotsopoulos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wolfram Schraier saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mesut Leutheusser's late challenge caught a Rot-Weiss-Essen's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mesut Leutheusser helped the player get up and apologised. In the 44th minute Hugo Haupt shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wolfram Schraier saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After the first half Rot-Weiss-Essen were leading 1-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Anestis Kotsopoulos stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Wolfram Schraier showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anestis Kotsopoulos in the 52nd minute of the match. Wolfram Schraier showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anestis Kotsopoulos in the 52nd minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Anestis Kotsopoulos in the 55th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Wolfram Schraier prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When the match had gone on for 60 minutes, Anestis Kotsopoulos took a quick shot and it went in 1-4 without a chance for Wolfram Schraier to make any attempt to save it. 64 minutes into the match, FC ReherPuls's goal looked a bit too open when Anestis Kotsopoulos came free, but Wolfram Schraier reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 67th minute Béla Lämmel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but August Hoffmanns saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mesut Özil in the 70th minute of play forced FC ReherPuls's goalkeeper Wolfram Schraier to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 75 minutes, Wolfram Schraier successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Maximilian Henning could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 81st minute of the match, but Wolfram Schraier made a huge save. Wolfram Schraier showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anestis Kotsopoulos in the 84th minute of the match. With a little luck, FC ReherPuls's Wolfram Schraier got control of the ball when Maximilian Henning tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, Rot-Weiss-Essen's Hakem Al Khames got a free kick in the 94th minute. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Rot-Weiss-Essen eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.