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Esenshammergroden Sp
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Detlef Kracht started the match with the kick off. Ralf Lembeck fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luigi Buchele having to interfere. With a little luck, Ruschkamp's Luigi Buchele got control of the ball when Ralf Lembeck tried to sneak it across the goal line. Robert Odenthal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Niels Piesche in the 14th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Esenshammergroden FC's Ditmar Knopf got a free kick in the 16th minute. Detlef Kracht sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Ralf Lembeck struck a weak shot in the 22nd minute. Luigi Buchele didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Esenshammergroden FC. When Uno Ohmer fell near the penalty area in the 23rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Ruschkamp's protests and gave Uno Ohmer a yellow card for diving instead. Niels Piesche sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 31 minutes, Simon Schulz mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Esenshammergroden FC and the Ruschkamp players grew even worse after the yellow card. Simon Schulz hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 32nd minute, Niels Piesche managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ruschkamp's supporters rose to their feet, but Niels Piesche was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Robert Odenthal breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 33rd match minute, Esenshammergroden FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Simon Schulz to maneuver through the defense. If Ralf Lembeck had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 44th minute, Detlef Kracht managed to get in a good position for a shot. Esenshammergroden FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Detlef Kracht was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Luigi Buchele breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Luigi Buchele stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Detlef Kracht's shot from short distance in the 46th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Quint Ziege was the one to do the kick off. Luigi Buchele showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Simon Schulz, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. Luigi Buchele showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ditmar Knopf, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Luigi Buchele took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carlos Schrage, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 54th minute, Simon Schulz managed to get in a good position for a shot. Esenshammergroden FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Simon Schulz was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Luigi Buchele breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Detlef Kracht received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Luigi Buchele tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 57th minute, Quint Ziege got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After 63 played minutes, Esenshammergroden FC's Christof Fach shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Luigi Buchele 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 Esenshammergroden FC reached it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Detlef Kracht in the 68th minute of play forced Ruschkamp's goalkeeper Luigi Buchele to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Quint Ziege in the 70th minute of play forced Esenshammergroden FC's goalkeeper Robert Odenthal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Ruschkamp defense, Ralf Lembeck kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Luigi Buchele. The Ruschkamp fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Luigi Buchele should have stopped the shot. The audience was convinced that Ralf Lembeck's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Luigi Buchele was relentless in the 75th minute of the game. In the 80th minute Ralf Lembeck shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luigi Buchele saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marcel Siebert kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. Esenshammergroden FC's Ralf Lembeck got a good chance for a goal in the 83rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Ralf Lembeck came up free with the goalie in the 86th minute, the Esenshammergroden 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 Ralf Lembeck couldn't finish the play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ralf Lembeck in the 89th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Luigi Buchele saved Ruschkamp from getting behind. During the 90th minute of the match Uno Ohmer completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Uno Ohmer a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. The audience was convinced that Detlef Kracht's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Luigi Buchele was relentless in the 94th minute of the game. Detlef Kracht fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 97th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luigi Buchele having to interfere. Esenshammergroden FC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.