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Kerpen
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Peter Schön got the match started through his kick off. Philipp Guenther sent away a hard shot on goal in the 2nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Alexander Untersteller hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. Eppo Czwenk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kai Blomke, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 8th minute, Peter Schön managed to get in a good position for a shot. Gonso's supporters rose to their feet, but Peter Schön was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Eppo Czwenk breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Philipp Guenther charged in rather forcefully in the 11th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Philipp Guenther the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Gonso getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Philipp Guenther hit a great ball. Hanno Hampen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Malte Aumann tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Eppo Czwenk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Torsten Albers in the 23rd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Kerpen's Pekko Gmelin got a free kick in the 23rd minute. In the 24th minute of the match Raimund Buschmeyer sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Eppo Czwenk skillfully saved the ball. In the 27th match minute, Kerpen was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Günter Baur to maneuver through the defense. Eppo Czwenk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kai Blomke in the 34th minute of the match. Lennert Morek charged in rather forcefully in the 37th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Lennert Morek the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Pekko Gmelin took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 39th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Malte Aumann. Gonso's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Gonso's Malte Aumann proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 44th minute of the match, managed to save Gonso from getting a goal against them. Kai Blomke took the ball and in the 46 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Eppo Czwenk. Eppo Czwenk dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for August Lautwein to strike the kick off in the second half. Malte Aumann made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hanno Hampen in the 52nd minute of play. During the 57th minute of the match Günter Baur completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Günter Baur a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 58th minute, Günter Baur hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 60th match minute, Gonso was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Philipp Guenther to maneuver through the defense. Kai Blomke could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 63rd minute of the match, but Eppo Czwenk made a huge save. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Torsten Albers during the 68th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. 72 minutes in the game Achim Remark did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Kai Blomke. In the 75th minute the ball was on its way in behind Gonso's goalkeeper Malte Aumann, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Kai Blomke could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 80th minute of the match, but Eppo Czwenk made a huge save. A hard shot by Heiko Pflug from long distance, 88 minutes into the match, got Eppo Czwenk's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. When Anselm Jester fell near the penalty area in the 90th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Kerpen's protests and gave Anselm Jester a yellow card for diving instead. In the 90th minute, Anselm Jester hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kai Blomke could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 91st minute of the match, but Eppo Czwenk made a huge save. Peter Schön's late challenge caught a Kerpen's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Peter Schön helped the player get up and apologised. When the referee blew the final whistle jeers and boos were heard from the home team's supporters. They were angered to see Kerpen lose a match they had controlled from the kick-off.