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Gloucester Park
Spectators: 8070 (Terracing: 6054, Seating: 1856, VIP seats: 160) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Fred Mutzel made the kick off which started today's match. Fred Mutzel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Marcus Lück tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Willenhall's Abraham Uhlenbrock got a good chance for a goal in the 5th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Fred Mutzel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Fred Mutzel blasted a shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Marcus Lück having to make a save. Eddie Finkelstein hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. In the 12th minute Abraham Uhlenbrock shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Christof Lichtenstein saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 14 minutes into the match, Willenhall's goal looked a bit too open when Fred Mutzel came free, but Marcus Lück reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Gloucester FC booed when Willenhall was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Georg Altschuler didn't get a good kick on the ball. Marcus Lück made an important save on a dangerous shot by Oskar von Waldersee in the 17th minute. Oskar von Waldersee could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 21st minute of the match, but Marcus Lück made a huge save. After 34 played minutes Willenhall got a freekick which was hit by Georg Altschuler. 38 minutes had been played when some careless play by Willenhall's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Mark Breitbarth was slow to take the kick. During this time Gloucester FC's players had a chance to rest. Mark Breitbarth made a great header on Gloucester FC's corner, it was just that Willenhall's Marcus Lück managed to reach the ball for a save. After 40 played minutes Leo Beermann rounded Willenhall's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-0. After 43 played minutes Gloucester FC got a freekick which was hit by Leo Beermann. Abraham Uhlenbrock received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Christof Lichtenstein tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

Christof Lichtenstein made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mark Lück in the 55th minute. Marcus Lück showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fred Mutzel, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. The supporters of Gloucester FC booed when Willenhall was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Georg Altschuler didn't get a good kick on the ball. Abraham Uhlenbrock sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mark Lück got free with Christof Lichtenstein in the 77th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Mark Lück came up free with the goalie in the 79th minute, the Willenhall 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 Mark Lück couldn't finish the play. Marcus Lück took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fred Mutzel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 81st minute, Fred Mutzel made a precise shot to the right of Marcus Lück. Willenhall's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. Gloucester FC's Christof Lichtenstein proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 86th minute of the match, managed to save Gloucester FC from getting a goal against them. Gloucester FC's Christof Lichtenstein proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 88th minute of the match, managed to save Gloucester FC from getting a goal against them. If Abraham Uhlenbrock had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mark Lück fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Christof Lichtenstein having to interfere. Many of Willenhall's supporters were seen to leave the ground early as it became clear their team was going to lose. Willenhall may have spent more time on the ball, but Gloucester FC were more willing to take their chances and they walked away with the win.