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Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Nils Hovermann made the kick off which started today's match. In the 10th minute of the match, Lutz Golke got a very nice opportunity to score, but Rune Jarstein was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. With his leg Rune Jarstein managed to avoid a goal in the 15thth minute, when Academica Pulheim's Lutz Golke fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Paul Heyckendorf showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nils Hovermann in the 20th minute of the match. In the 21st minute, Gigel Elenescu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Rune Jarstein showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joachim Kretschmer, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. In the 24th minute Kurt Ahrem shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rune Jarstein saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kurt Ahrem received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Rune Jarstein came out and tried to block the shot, but Kurt Ahrem slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 27th minute. Gary Lineker kicked well hit freekick during the 29th minute of the match. Rune Jarstein showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alex Mansilha, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. After a rather tough play, Hertha 1969's Lothar Heber got a free kick in the 38th minute. Kurt Ahrem could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 39th minute of the match, but Rune Jarstein made a huge save. In the 41st minute Kurt Ahrem shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rune Jarstein saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alex Mansilha in the 42nd minute of play forced Hertha 1969's goalkeeper Rune Jarstein to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Academica Pulheim fans' excitement grew in the 45th match minute when Academica Pulheim's Lutz Golke looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. The supporters of Hertha 1969 booed when Academica Pulheim was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 48 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sergio Ramos didn't get a good kick on the ball.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Alex Mansilha was the one to do the kick off. Rune Jarstein showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alex Mansilha, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. Hertha 1969's Rune Jarstein played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lutz Golke in the 54th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zé Paulo da Silva got free with Paul Heyckendorf in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of Academica Pulheim booed when Hertha 1969 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Moritz Hasenjäger didn't get a good kick on the ball. Hertha 1969's Wilhelm Nienhaus was substituted for Nils Hovermann. Hertha 1969 made a substitution. Benedikt Bensch replaced Emilio Melzer. In the 63rd match minute, Hertha 1969 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Moritz Hasenjäger to maneuver through the defense. Rune Jarstein showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zbigniew Setara, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kristian Oswald in the 67th minute of play forced Academica Pulheim's goalkeeper Paul Heyckendorf to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hertha 1969's Rune Jarstein played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maxime Vrints in the 73rd minute of play. In the 75th minute Kristian Oswald shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paul Heyckendorf saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rune Jarstein showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maxime Vrints, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. Rune Jarstein showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zbigniew Setara in the 76th minute of the match. Zé Paulo da Silva's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Paul Heyckendorf firmly grabbed it by the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wilhelm Nienhaus in the 80th minute of play forced Academica Pulheim's goalkeeper Paul Heyckendorf to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 82 played minutes Academica Pulheim got a freekick which was hit by Ilie Zâncă. Academica Pulheim's Paul Heyckendorf played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gigel Elenescu in the 83rd minute of play. In the 85th minute of the match, Kristian Oswald got a very nice opportunity to score, but Paul Heyckendorf was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Rune Jarstein made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maxime Vrints in the 94th minute of play. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Academica Pulheim fans cheered their team off the field, for while Hertha 1969 had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.