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Volksparkstadion
Spectators: 7471 (Terracing: 5604, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Mathias Faber started the match with the kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lysander Blank in the 4th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Harry Bauer saved Hamburger from getting behind. When Christoph Wiechmann fell near the penalty area in the 6th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Hamburger's protests and gave Christoph Wiechmann a yellow card for diving instead. After 6 played minutes Hamburger got a freekick which was hit by Christoph Wiechmann. Hansjörg Todzi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mathias Faber in the 11th minute of the match. Harry Bauer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lysander Blank, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 14th minute, Eduard Schlumberger had to leave the field with a concussion. After 14 minutes, Ronald Weibler mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Hamburger and the 1. FC Bayern-Kronach players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Hamburger getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Ronald Weibler hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Thomas Holler's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Harry Bauer was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Hamburger's Ronald Weibler got a free kick in the 21st minute. After 23 played minutes 1. FC Bayern-Kronach got a freekick which was hit by Achim Schlottmann. If Dimitar Plein had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Dimitar Plein came up free with the goalie in the 30th minute, the 1. FC Bayern-Kronach 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 Dimitar Plein couldn't finish the play. A collision led to Hamburger getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Wolfram Das hit a great ball. When Dimitar Plein came up free with the goalie in the 33rd minute, the 1. FC Bayern-Kronach 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 Dimitar Plein couldn't finish the play. Wolfram Das got his second yellow card in the match during the 34th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. The supporters of 1. FC Bayern-Kronach booed when Hamburger was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wolfram Das didn't get a good kick on the ball. Harry Bauer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dimitar Plein, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. Lysander Blank sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Harry Bauer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dimitar Plein, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Dimitar Plein received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Harry Bauer tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Thomas Holler fell near the penalty area in the 47th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 1. FC Bayern-Kronach's protests and gave Thomas Holler a yellow card for diving instead. When the match clock showed 48 minutes, the score became 1-1 when Hadrian Winkel sped through 1. FC Bayern-Kronach's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Hansjörg Todzi. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The wind increased when Dimitar Plein made the kick off in the second half. Harry Bauer didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Dimitar Plein went, in the 57th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Hamburger's Harry Bauer proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 62nd minute of the match, managed to save Hamburger from getting a goal against them. Hadrian Winkel struck a weak shot in the 64th minute. Hansjörg Todzi didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Hamburger. 66 minutes into the match, Christoph Wiechmann had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Hansjörg Todzi. 1. FC Bayern-Kronach's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Christoph Wiechmann was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. When Thomas Holler was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 73 minutes had been played. A collision led to 1. FC Bayern-Kronach getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Thomas Holler hit a great ball. Hansjörg Todzi came out of the goal in the 75th minute to try and stop a shot by Hamburger's Hadrian Winkel. But to his dismay, Hadrian Winkel quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-2. Dimitar Plein's late challenge caught a Hamburger's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dimitar Plein helped the player get up and apologised. Hadrian Winkel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Hansjörg Todzi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Ronald Weibler had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Hadrian Winkel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Hansjörg Todzi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 97th minute, Mathias Faber 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 a rather tough play, 1. FC Bayern-Kronach's Lysander Blank got a free kick in the 98th minute. Hamburger were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of 1. FC Bayern-Kronach for a fine match.