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Palenberg Sportpark
Spectators: 6000 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Derk Blassen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gordon Schmitz in the 3rd minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in FC Übach-Palenberg's zone, Reiner Wohlfart stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Derk Blassen came out of the goal and Reiner Wohlfart tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Derk Blassen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gordon Schmitz in the 9th minute of play. Niclas Krause was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Thorsten Wolfstein showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 13 minute of play. 17 minutes into the match, German Spartan Stuttgart's goal looked a bit too open when Thorsten Wolfstein came free, but Niclas Krause reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 19th minute Gordon Schmitz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Derk Blassen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A nice corner shot did that Björn Ziehsow got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Derk Blassen quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After a defensive mix-up in FC Übach-Palenberg's zone, Gordon Schmitz stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Derk Blassen came out of the goal and Gordon Schmitz tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 24th minute Reiner Wohlfart shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Derk Blassen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gordon Schmitz scored 1-1 in the 27th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Derk Blassen, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 33 minutes into the match, German Spartan Stuttgart's goal looked a bit too open when Thorsten Wolfstein came free, but Niclas Krause reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 40 minutes into the match, German Spartan Stuttgart's goal looked a bit too open when Thorsten Wolfstein came free, but Niclas Krause reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in FC Übach-Palenberg's zone, Gordon Schmitz stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Derk Blassen came out of the goal and Gordon Schmitz tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rolf Frings got free with Niclas Krause in the 43rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Reiner Wohlfart to make the kick off. When Reiner Wohlfart came up free with the goalie in the 52nd minute, the German Spartan Stuttgart 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 Reiner Wohlfart couldn't finish the play. In the 53rd minute, German Spartan Stuttgart's Gordon Schmitz dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-2. When Adrian Neugebauer fell near the penalty area in the 58th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC Übach-Palenberg's protests and gave Adrian Neugebauer a yellow card for diving instead. In the 58th minute, Adrian Neugebauer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Björn Ziehsow kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. Gordon Schmitz recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 65th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After some careless play in the FC Übach-Palenberg defense, Gordon Schmitz kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Derk Blassen. The FC Übach-Palenberg fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Derk Blassen should have stopped the shot. FC Übach-Palenberg's Derk Blassen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Reiner Wohlfart in the 71st minute of play. After 74 played minutes FC Übach-Palenberg got a freekick which was hit by Mike Wins. Gordon Schmitz recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 78th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After having played for 81 minutes, Gordon Schmitz managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. German Spartan Stuttgart's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gordon Schmitz was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Reiner Wohlfart in the 92nd minute of play forced FC Übach-Palenberg's goalkeeper Derk Blassen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of FC Übach-Palenberg booed when German Spartan Stuttgart was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Björn Ziehsow didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a defensive mix-up in German Spartan Stuttgart's zone, Mike Wins stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Niclas Krause came out of the goal and Mike Wins tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.