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Hardt
Spectators: 7414 (Terracing: 5614, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 80) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Slavko Burdach took the kick off in the first half of the match. Burt Schmalzbauer took the ball and in the 6 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Benedetto Ueding. Benedetto Ueding dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Florian Beckstedde showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Slavko Burdach in the 12th minute of the match. Burt Schmalzbauer hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Neuengeseker Heide FC's zone, Olav Steppkes stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Benedetto Ueding came out of the goal and Olav Steppkes tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A collision led to Hardt FSV getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Erhard Meng hit a great ball. Dieter Bergner took the ball and in the 19 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Florian Beckstedde. Florian Beckstedde dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. 24 minutes into the game, Olav Steppkes cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Benedetto Ueding was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Hardt FSV's Florian Beckstedde played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Slavko Burdach in the 29th minute of play. Florian Beckstedde showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dieter Bergner in the 31st minute of the match. Florian Beckstedde took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dieter Bergner, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Florian Beckstedde showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Slavko Burdach in the 34th minute of the match. Ismail Kunzmann kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. After having played for 37 minutes, Olav Steppkes managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Hardt FSV's supporters crossed their fingers, but Olav Steppkes was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After having played for 41 minutes, Geronimo Vedillo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Hardt FSV's supporters crossed their fingers, but Geronimo Vedillo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 43rd minute, Olav Steppkes managed to get in a good position for a shot. Hardt FSV's supporters rose to their feet, but Olav Steppkes was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Benedetto Ueding breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 46th minute Slavko Burdach shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Florian Beckstedde saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 46th match minute, Hardt FSV was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Burt Schmalzbauer to maneuver through the defense. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Olav Steppkes stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After some fancy dribbling in the 53rd minute, Olav Steppkes managed to get in a good position for a shot. Hardt FSV's supporters rose to their feet, but Olav Steppkes was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Benedetto Ueding breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Olav Steppkes in the 55th minute of play forced Neuengeseker Heide FC's goalkeeper Benedetto Ueding to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 56th minute, Burt Schmalzbauer managed to get in a good position for a shot. Hardt FSV's supporters rose to their feet, but Burt Schmalzbauer was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Benedetto Ueding breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 58th minute, Olav Steppkes ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Benedetto Ueding was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. Olav Steppkes hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. Olav Steppkes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benedetto Ueding having to interfere. After 71 played minutes Hardt FSV got a freekick which was hit by Burt Schmalzbauer. After 78 minutes, Bastien Schreiner mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Neuengeseker Heide FC and the Hardt FSV players grew even worse after the yellow card. Bastien Schreiner hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Olav Steppkes in the 79th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Benedetto Ueding saved Neuengeseker Heide FC from getting behind. Olav Steppkes scored 4-1 in the 85th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Benedetto Ueding, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Olav Steppkes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.