Friendly League

Spandau Sportpark
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Ken Saur kicked off to start the match. Eurospeed Asti's Alex Ucci proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save Eurospeed Asti from getting a goal against them. The supporters of Spandauer Rain Kings booed when Eurospeed Asti was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fabio Anzolin didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 23rd minute, Jens Brendlin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Alberto Luciano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Jacob Kobel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 39 minutes into the match, Spandauer Rain Kings's goal looked a bit too open when Alberto Luciano came free, but Jacob Kobel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Spandauer Rain Kings's Heiko Schmeisser got a free kick in the 40th minute. Jacob Kobel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Florian Morini in the 41st minute of the match. Federico Gatti's late challenge caught a Spandauer Rain Kings's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Federico Gatti helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Eurospeed Asti's Federico Gatti got a free kick in the 47th minute. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Fabio Anzolin stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a defensive mix-up in Spandauer Rain Kings's zone, Fabio Anzolin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jacob Kobel came out of the goal and Fabio Anzolin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Florian Morini in the 58th minute of play forced Spandauer Rain Kings's goalkeeper Jacob Kobel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jacob Kobel made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fabio Anzolin in the 60th minute. 62 minutes into the match, Florian Morini dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Jacob Kobel, 0-1. In the 64th minute, Abbo Ditsche hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Fabio Anzolin fell near the penalty area in the 68th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Eurospeed Asti's protests and gave Fabio Anzolin a yellow card for diving instead. After 68 played minutes Eurospeed Asti got a freekick which was hit by Fabio Anzolin. Federico Gatti in the 72ndth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Jacob Kobel, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Alex Ucci took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Heiko Schmeisser, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Spandauer Rain Kings's Jacob Kobel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Florian Morini in the 75th minute of play. Eurospeed Asti's Fabio Anzolin got a good chance for a goal in the 77th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Alvise Caporale might have been able to make a better finish in the 82nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jacob Kobel. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Alvise Caporale ran back to his position shaking his head. Spandauer Rain Kings's Jacob Kobel proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 84th minute of the match, managed to save Spandauer Rain Kings from getting a goal against them. Eurospeed Asti's Alberto Luciano got a good chance for a goal in the 85th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Spandauer Rain Kings's Jacob Kobel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Florian Morini in the 87th minute of play. Jacob Kobel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabio Anzolin in the 88th minute of the match. If Fabio Anzolin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in Spandauer Rain Kings's zone, Florian Morini stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jacob Kobel came out of the goal and Florian Morini tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 93rd minute, Heiko Schmeisser hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Eurospeed Asti's Alvise Caporale got a good chance for a goal in the 95th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The Eurospeed Asti 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.