Prized/Friendly Cup

Zeche Zollverein
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Octavian Basten made the kick off and thus started the match. August Hoffmanns showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nils Hopp, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. In the 3rd minute, Nils Hopp left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Kurdistan fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. August Hoffmanns showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nils Hopp, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. FC Kurdistan's Alaaddin Solskjær proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to save FC Kurdistan from getting a goal against them. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jörgen Levander in the 14th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg August Hoffmanns saved Rot-Weiss-Essen from getting behind. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jörgen Levander in the 16th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck August Hoffmanns prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jörgen Levander in the 17th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck August Hoffmanns prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience was convinced that Jörgen Levander's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but August Hoffmanns was relentless in the 22nd minute of the game. In the 23rdth minute of the game Jörgen Levander who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Rot-Weiss-Essen's August Hoffmanns was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. August Hoffmanns made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jörgen Levander in the 25th minute of play. August Hoffmanns stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jörgen Levander's shot from short distance in the 26th minute. Jörgen Levander received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. August Hoffmanns tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jörgen Levander blasted a shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without August Hoffmanns having to make a save. 0-3 became the score in the 34th minute when Jörgen Levander elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Flavio Canal lost his temper 39 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. After 38 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Rot-Weiss-Essen! In the 40th minute there was a penalty for FC Kurdistan. Fredric Hybbert stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving August Hoffmanns. 0-4. In the 44thth minute of the game Nils Hopp who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Rot-Weiss-Essen's August Hoffmanns was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match had gone on for 46 minutes, Iwan Kasiewski put it in 0-5 from a short distance just to the right of August Hoffmanns. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-5 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Lars Bammerman made the kick off in the second half. Alaaddin Solskjær showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Octavian Basten, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lars Bammerman got free with August Hoffmanns in the 57th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 59th minute Lars Bammerman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but August Hoffmanns saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as FC Kurdistan's Lars Bammerman slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of August Hoffmanns. That made the score 0-7 after 61 minutes of play. After some careless play in the Rot-Weiss-Essen defense, Lars Bammerman kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of August Hoffmanns. The Rot-Weiss-Essen fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that August Hoffmanns should have stopped the shot. FC Kurdistan made a substitution. Lars Sundström replaced Lars Bammerman. After 71 minutes of play, FC Kurdistan's Lars Sundström made it 0-9 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. August Hoffmanns was left in no man's land by his defense there! The supporters of Rot-Weiss-Essen booed when FC Kurdistan was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Douglas Västberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. Lars Sundström took the ball and in the 84 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised August Hoffmanns. August Hoffmanns dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-11. August Hoffmanns showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lars Sundström, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. When FC Kurdistan's Lars Sundström in the 92nd minute got a chance for a shot 92nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Rot-Weiss-Essen's goalie prevented a goal. The FC Kurdistan players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.