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Esparion Sportplatz
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Esparion's Holger Bendel started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. If Holger Bendel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Walther Buschmeyer sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 7 played minutes Esparion got a freekick which was hit by Amatus Poll. A hard shot 10 in the game by Tord Balla from a close distance when the talented Almut Schulze managed to make a qualified save. Borussia Mönchengladbach's players were relieved. Tord Balla could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 11th minute of the match, but Almut Schulze made a huge save. In the 14th minute Holger Bendel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Almut Schulze saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Almut Schulze was a little too slow when Holger Bendel got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 21st minute. The score was now 1-0. Holger Bendel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Tord Balla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Borussia Mönchengladbach's defense didn't have a chance, in the 38th minute, when Holger Bendel scored to the left of an out of position Almut Schulze, making the score, 3-1. Holger Bendel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Holger Bendel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Borussia Mönchengladbach's Arne Schaffrath got a free kick in the 45th minute. Holger Bendel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Almut Schulze tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-1.

When Chris Held came up free with the goalie in the 55th minute, the Borussia Mönchengladbach 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 Chris Held couldn't finish the play. Tord Balla sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Holger Bendel succeeded in the game's 60th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 4-1. After 64 minutes, Amatus Poll mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Esparion and the Borussia Mönchengladbach players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 64th match minute, Esparion was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Amatus Poll to maneuver through the defense. Tord Balla received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Almut Schulze tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 69 played minutes Esparion got a freekick which was hit by Tord Balla. Tord Balla scored 5-1 in the 70th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Almut Schulze, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Esparion's Tord Balla in the 78th minute got a chance for a shot 78th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Borussia Mönchengladbach's goalie prevented a goal. Holger Bendel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Almut Schulze tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Almut Schulze made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Holger Bendel in the 81st minute of play. After 85 minutes of play Esparion's Amatus Poll was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After 85 played minutes Esparion got a freekick which was hit by Amatus Poll. After 87 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Esparion! When the match had gone on for 92 minutes, Roman Rüttiger took a quick shot and it went in 5-3 without a chance for Björn Gleixner to make any attempt to save it. Esparion's Bastien Blumenthal got a good chance for a goal in the 97th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar.