League Play-Off

Alpenstadion
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Gencho Evstatiev started the match with the kick off. Abidin Acarbey stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Lorenz Acarreta's shot from short distance in the 4th minute. TUS Mikrolörres were awarded a corner in the 5th minute after FcBludenz's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Nino Schicklgruber took the corner. The corner went over the outstretched arms of FcBludenz's goalie and right to Tommy Bongartz. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. FcBludenz's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Abidin Acarbey stood somewhat misplaced when Lorenz Acarreta came free in front of goal and shot 1-0 to the left of him in the 9 minute. If Gencho Evstatiev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to TUS Mikrolörres getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Lorenz Acarreta hit a great ball. Gencho Evstatiev recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 21st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 24 minutes TUS Mikrolörres's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Georg Lainer who took care of the corner kick. Achim Büssinger made a great header on FcBludenz's corner, it was just that TUS Mikrolörres's Bai Xi Wei managed to reach the ball for a save. Abidin Acarbey made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tanek Adamus in the 30th minute of play. Abidin Acarbey took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tanek Adamus, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Gencho Evstatiev came up free with the goalie in the 32nd minute, the FcBludenz 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 Gencho Evstatiev couldn't finish the play. Abidin Acarbey was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Lorenz Acarreta showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 39 minute of play. Abidin Acarbey showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lorenz Acarreta, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. In the 45th minute Lorenz Acarreta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abidin Acarbey saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Lorenz Acarreta stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Abidin Acarbey showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ralph Lauren in the 51st minute of the match. An unexpected shot in the 53rd minute by Georg Lainer got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. The referee felt a red card was in order, 55 minutes into the game, when Nino Schicklgruber put in a rough tackle. Nino Schicklgruber hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. Bai Xi Wei made a fantastic save in the 57th minute, when Georg Lainer sent off a good shot on target. Abidin Acarbey showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stan Eversden, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. Gencho Evstatiev recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 67th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 69 minutes into the game, Helmut Rohrbacher cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Abidin Acarbey was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Abidin Acarbey showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ralph Lauren, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. When Patrick Nadel fell near the penalty area in the 74th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FcBludenz's protests and gave Patrick Nadel a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of TUS Mikrolörres booed when FcBludenz was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Patrick Nadel didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tommy Bongartz took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 76th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Abidin Acarbey. FcBludenz's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 79th minute the ball was on its way in behind FcBludenz's goalkeeper Abidin Acarbey, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 80th match minute, TUS Mikrolörres was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Roberto Costa to maneuver through the defense. A hard shot by Georg Lainer from long distance, 81 minutes into the match, got Bai Xi Wei's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Abidin Acarbey stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ralph Lauren's shot from short distance in the 82nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Helmut Rohrbacher in the 86th minute of play forced FcBludenz's goalkeeper Abidin Acarbey to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 87 played minutes FcBludenz got a freekick which was hit by Patrick Nadel. Gencho Evstatiev could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 90th minute of the match, but Bai Xi Wei made a huge save. The supporters of TUS Mikrolörres booed when FcBludenz was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rémi Jacquet didn't get a good kick on the ball. Abidin Acarbey took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lorenz Acarreta, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.