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Rhein Energie Stadio
Spectators: 7372 (Terracing: 5612, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 40) When Henrik Link came up free with the goalie in the 7th minute, the Eden 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 Henrik Link couldn't finish the play. Eden's Rudi Behrisch got a good chance for a goal in the 13th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Henrik Link in the 14th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Mayk Funk prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The supporters of 1 Fc.Köln booed when Eden was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rudi Behrisch didn't get a good kick on the ball. Torsten Thielemann showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tim Lange, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rudi Behrisch in the 23rd minute of play forced 1 Fc.Köln's goalkeeper Mayk Funk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to 1 Fc.Köln getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Christoph Karl hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rudi Behrisch in the 26th minute of play forced 1 Fc.Köln's goalkeeper Mayk Funk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 26th minute, Rudi Behrisch made a precise shot to the right of Mayk Funk. 1 Fc.Köln's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. After 29 minutes, Rudi Behrisch made it 0-2 with a short kick to the right side. 1 Fc.Köln's Mayk Funk tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Rudi Behrisch sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 37 minutes, Christoph Karl mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the 1 Fc.Köln and the Eden players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 38th minute, Christoph Karl hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 41 minutes into the match, Eden's Ludwig Riesenberg broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. The audience was convinced that Henrik Link's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mayk Funk was relentless in the 43rd minute of the game. In the 46th minute there was a penalty for Eden. Ludwig Riesenberg stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Mayk Funk. 0-3.

The wind increased when Henrik Link made the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute, Tim Lange ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Torsten Thielemann was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. Eden's Federico Eggerking got a good chance for a goal in the 58th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Mayk Funk didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rudi Behrisch went, in the 67th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-4 was the resulting score. 69 minutes into the game, Eden's Henrik Link nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Mayk Funk made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-5. If Henrik Link had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After some careless play in the 1 Fc.Köln defense, Tom Buttgereit kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mayk Funk. The 1 Fc.Köln fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mayk Funk should have stopped the shot. Henrik Link sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Henrik Link sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rudi Behrisch blasted a shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Mayk Funk having to make a save. With a little luck, 1 Fc.Köln's Mayk Funk got control of the ball when Henrik Link tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Christoph Karl was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 96 minutes had been played. Christoph Karl hit a great freekick 97 minutes into the match. In the 98th minute, 1 Fc.Köln's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Henrik Link fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post.