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Hans-Walter-Wild
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Berthold Walden kicked off to start the match. In the 3rd minute Neo Lötzsch shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Harry Jagenburg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A hard shot 8 in the game by Erwin Jendretzky from a close distance when the talented Janko Brecher managed to make a qualified save. Arsenal Köln's players were relieved. The audience thought a goal was coming when Erwin Jendretzky got free with Janko Brecher in the 9th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Kim Trabold's late challenge caught a Arsenal Köln's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kim Trabold helped the player get up and apologised. In the 15th minute Carsten Basing shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Harry Jagenburg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Berthold Walden received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Janko Brecher tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Erwin Jendretzky sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 31st minute, Erwin Jendretzky managed to get in a good position for a shot. Hinterettenberg's supporters rose to their feet, but Erwin Jendretzky was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Janko Brecher breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Carsten Basing fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Harry Jagenburg having to interfere. After 37 minutes, Carsten Basing made it 0-2 with a short kick to the right side. Hinterettenberg's Harry Jagenburg tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Carsten Basing struck a weak shot in the 40th minute. Harry Jagenburg didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Arsenal Köln. When Carsten Basing came up free with the goalie in the 44th minute, the Arsenal Köln 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 Carsten Basing couldn't finish the play. After 46 minutes of play, Arsenal Köln's Neo Lötzsch made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Harry Jagenburg was left in no man's land by his defense there! Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Carsten Basing was the one to do the kick off. Janko Brecher showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erwin Jendretzky in the 58th minute of the match. 64 minutes into the match, Hinterettenberg's goal looked a bit too open when Carsten Basing came free, but Harry Jagenburg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 67 minutes into the game, Matthias Pfitzner was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Arsenal Köln's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Hinterettenberg the free kick. In the 67th minute, Matthias Pfitzner hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Erwin Jendretzky struck a weak shot in the 68th minute. Janko Brecher didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Hinterettenberg. Janko Brecher showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Berthold Walden, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. 77 minutes into the match, Hinterettenberg's Erwin Jendretzky sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Janko Brecher narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Kim Mevenkamp during the 79th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 79th minute, Kim Mevenkamp hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Steffen Borgmann, 80 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. If Erwin Jendretzky had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Berthold Walden received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Janko Brecher tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Janko Brecher made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Erwin Jendretzky in the 89th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Hinterettenberg's Patrick Scheiler got a free kick in the 90th minute. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Arsenal Köln eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.