League

Staple Center
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Jostein Kleber made the kick off which started today's match. 4 minutes into the match, La Lakers's goal looked a bit too open when Walt Peleikis came free, but Florian Biehle reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thilo Emden hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. 12 minutes into the match, Thilo Emden had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Florian Biehle. La Lakers's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Thilo Emden was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Björn Zöllmer scored 0-2 in the 15th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Florian Biehle, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. La Lakers's Florian Biehle played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Walt Peleikis in the 20th minute of play. In the 22nd minute Heilbronn were awarded a corner. Josip Scholtz went to the cornerflag to take it. Florian Biehle took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Björn Zöllmer, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Florian Biehle showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Walt Peleikis in the 25th minute of the match. In the 28th minute, Thilo Emden hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 33rd minute Björn Zöllmer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Florian Biehle saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Robert Neidlein was a little too slow when Oliver Siberichs got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 34th minute. The score was now 1-2. Heilbronn's Harald Neumann got a good chance for a goal in the 47th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After the first half Heilbronn were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Walt Peleikis made a kick off. Florian Biehle took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Walt Peleikis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 56 minutes into the match, La Lakers's Oliver Siberichs sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Robert Neidlein narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 64th minute Walt Peleikis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Florian Biehle saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. La Lakers's Florian Biehle proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 66th minute of the match, managed to save La Lakers from getting a goal against them. Björn Zöllmer fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Florian Biehle having to interfere. After 71 minutes of play, La Lakers's Oliver Siberichs made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Robert Neidlein was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Oliver Siberichs had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 81st minute the ball was on its way in behind La Lakers's goalkeeper Florian Biehle, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. La Lakers's Florian Biehle played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Thilo Emden in the 83rd minute of play. Florian Biehle stood somewhat misplaced when Walt Peleikis came free in front of goal and shot 2-3 to the left of him in the 88 minute. Walt Peleikis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Florian Biehle having to interfere. When Timur Theinert fell near the penalty area in the 95th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored La Lakers's protests and gave Timur Theinert a yellow card for diving instead. In the 95th minute, Timur Theinert hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 97th minute, Walt Peleikis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match was over Heilbronn could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than La Lakers throughout the match.