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Eintracht Emden Aren
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Claudius van Essen took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a rather tough play, Eintracht Emden's Hellmut Becker got a free kick in the 3rd minute. After 3 played minutes, SpVgg Mittelfranken 73's Niko Saager shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Dan Degdau came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in SpVgg Mittelfranken 73 reached it. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Niko Saager during the 10th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 10 played minutes SpVgg Mittelfranken 73 got a freekick which was hit by Niko Saager. Arik Beloch sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 13 minutes of play, Eintracht Emden's Arik Beloch made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jakob Berrang was left in no man's land by his defense there! Jakob Berrang made a fantastic save in the 20th minute, when Arik Beloch sent off a good shot on target. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Mustafa Gebuhr during the 21st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Mustafa Gebuhr kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. Henning Brouwer's late challenge caught a Eintracht Emden's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Henning Brouwer helped the player get up and apologised. Henning Brouwer hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. Arik Beloch's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Jakob Berrang firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 34th minute Merten Boxberger shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jakob Berrang saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jakob Berrang didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Merten Boxberger went, in the 40th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Jakob Berrang took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Merten Boxberger, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Merten Boxberger to strike the kick off in the second half. Arik Beloch received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Jakob Berrang tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. SpVgg Mittelfranken 73's Niko Saager managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Manfred Plücken in the 55 minute of the game. After some fancy dribbling in the 58th minute, Arik Beloch managed to get in a good position for a shot. Eintracht Emden's supporters rose to their feet, but Arik Beloch was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jakob Berrang breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Basil Böse kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. Claudius van Essen hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. In the 67th minute, Keith Klanthe hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 75th minute, Arik Beloch ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jakob Berrang was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. SpVgg Mittelfranken 73's Jakob Berrang played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Noel Bodin in the 79th minute of play. Arik Beloch scored 4-1 in the 80th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jakob Berrang, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Noel Bodin's late challenge caught a SpVgg Mittelfranken 73's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Noel Bodin helped the player get up and apologised. Noel Bodin kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. In the 93rd minute Merten Boxberger shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jakob Berrang saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 95th minute Merten Boxberger shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jakob Berrang saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 96th minute Eintracht Emden were awarded a corner. Merten Boxberger went to the cornerflag to take it. Eintracht Emden were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of SpVgg Mittelfranken 73 for a fine match.