League

Hitzkirchen Stadion
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Jan Birke started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 11 minutes into the match, FC Zimmern's goalkeeper Wendelin Umbach had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ricardo Kölbl. Jörgen Wieck sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Wendelin Umbach showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jan Birke, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. FC Zimmern's Wendelin Umbach proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 29th minute of the match, managed to save FC Zimmern from getting a goal against them. After 32 minutes, Ansgar Sippel mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Zimmern and the UNION LÜDINGHAUSEN players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to FC Zimmern getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Ansgar Sippel hit a great ball. Richard Hebel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ansgar Sippel in the 36th minute of play. Jan Birke did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Wendelin Umbach 39 minutes into the match. When Winfried Sturm came up free with the goalie in the 43rd minute, the FC Zimmern 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 Winfried Sturm couldn't finish the play. 46 minutes into the match, FC Zimmern's goal looked a bit too open when Jan Birke came free, but Wendelin Umbach reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Rupert Detamble fell near the penalty area in the 47th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC Zimmern's protests and gave Rupert Detamble a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to FC Zimmern getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Rupert Detamble hit a great ball.

Ricardo Kölbl hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. When Eckhardt Kleinholz fell near the penalty area in the 59th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC Zimmern's protests and gave Eckhardt Kleinholz a yellow card for diving instead. In the 59th match minute, FC Zimmern was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eckhardt Kleinholz to maneuver through the defense. When Rupert Detamble was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 63 minutes had been played. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jörgen Wieck in the 67th minute of play forced FC Zimmern's goalkeeper Wendelin Umbach to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 70 minutes, Raphael Dettinger managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. UNION LÜDINGHAUSEN's supporters crossed their fingers, but Raphael Dettinger was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Jörgen Wieck scored 2-0 in the 75th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Wendelin Umbach, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. During the 80th minute of the match Ansgar Sippel completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Ansgar Sippel a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 81st minute, Ansgar Sippel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 85 minutes, Jan Birke managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. UNION LÜDINGHAUSEN's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jan Birke was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 87 minutes, Tino Wadehn mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Zimmern and the UNION LÜDINGHAUSEN players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, FC Zimmern's Tino Wadehn got a free kick in the 88th minute. If Jan Birke had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 95th minute Jan Birke shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wendelin Umbach saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. UNION LÜDINGHAUSEN walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.