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Merdingen
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) In the 3rd match minute, Merdingen FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Siegfried Schlimm to maneuver through the defense. Wüllenrath's Jörg Wengle proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 8th minute of the match, managed to save Wüllenrath from getting a goal against them. Jörg Wengle was out of position in the 9 minute of play, and Roland Ulbrich capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Roland Ulbrich really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. The audience was convinced that Davor Ammann's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Werner Walser was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. In the 15th match minute, Wüllenrath was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Norman Blomme to maneuver through the defense. 16 minutes into the match, Wüllenrath's goal looked a bit too open when Karsten Lewandowski came free, but Jörg Wengle reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 18 minutes into the match, Merdingen FC's goal looked a bit too open when Davor Ammann came free, but Werner Walser reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jörg Wengle made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nicholas Daus in the 20th minute. After 22 minutes of play, Wüllenrath's Angelo Klause made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Werner Walser was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Karsten Lewandowski in the 25th minute of play forced Wüllenrath's goalkeeper Jörg Wengle to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 30th minute, Dirk Baumeister managed to get in a good position for a shot. Merdingen FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Dirk Baumeister was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jörg Wengle breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. With an all-out effort, Merdingen FC's Jörg Wengle threw himself towards the right post 31 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Karsten Lewandowski, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. When Nicholas Daus came up free with the goalie in the 33rd minute, the Merdingen FC 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 Nicholas Daus couldn't finish the play. Jörg Wengle showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Karsten Lewandowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Wüllenrath's defense didn't have a chance, in the 36th minute, when Nicholas Daus scored to the left of an out of position Jörg Wengle, making the score, 2-1. Dirk Baumeister hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. Jörg Wengle was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Nicholas Daus showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-1 in the 44 minute of play. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Markus Hofmeier was the one to do the kick off. Wüllenrath's Jörg Wengle played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nicholas Daus in the 52nd minute of play. 58 minutes into the game, Markus Hofmeier cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-2. Werner Walser was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 61st minute, Roland Ulbrich hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jörg Wengle took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Karsten Lewandowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jörg Wengle showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Karsten Lewandowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 67th minute, Silvester Grupe managed to get in a good position for a shot. Merdingen FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Silvester Grupe was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jörg Wengle breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Jörg Wengle took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Karsten Lewandowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Markus Hofmeier received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Werner Walser tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Markus Hofmeier got free with Werner Walser in the 76th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jörg Wengle showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nicholas Daus in the 78th minute of the match. If Ali Ertan Krause had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 84 minutes into the match, Wüllenrath's goal looked a bit too open when Dirk Baumeister came free, but Jörg Wengle reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jörg Wengle didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Dirk Baumeister went, in the 90th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-2 was the resulting score. Nicholas Daus sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jörg Wengle took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Karsten Lewandowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Davor Ammann sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Merdingen FC's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.