League Play-Off

Juventus Stadium
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Gernot Zientara made the kick off which started today's match. In the 8th minute, Arno Pahlke hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 10 minutes, Ronny Roppel managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. 4. FC Scheibenweg's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ronny Roppel was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ronny Roppel in the 12th minute of play forced Juventus Turin's goalkeeper Jörn Diel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gernot Zientara sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Juventus Turin's Jörn Diel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gernot Zientara in the 18th minute of play. Gernot Damm fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alarico Salzmann having to interfere. After having played for 23 minutes, Gernot Damm managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Juventus Turin's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gernot Damm was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Jörn Diel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gernot Zientara in the 25th minute of play. Ronny Roppel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Jörn Diel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 30 played minutes Juventus Turin got a freekick which was hit by Thomas Juschten. In the 30th minute of the match Tim Noack shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jörn Diel showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Jörn Diel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ronny Roppel in the 34th minute of the match. Gernot Zientara fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jörn Diel having to interfere. Thomas Juschten's late challenge caught a 4. FC Scheibenweg's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Thomas Juschten helped the player get up and apologised. In the 46th minute, Thomas Juschten hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Juventus Turin's Jörn Diel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ronny Roppel in the 48th minute of play. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Arno Pahlke stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Gernot Zientara received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Jörn Diel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 60 played minutes 4. FC Scheibenweg got a freekick which was hit by Werner Ansorge. Juventus Turin's Thomas Juschten got his second yellow card of the match in the 62nd minute. The referee ordered Thomas Juschten off the ground. After 63 played minutes Juventus Turin got a freekick which was hit by Thomas Juschten. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ronny Roppel got free with Jörn Diel in the 64th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Gernot Zientara fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jörn Diel having to interfere. In the 70th minute Gernot Zientara shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jörn Diel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ronny Roppel got free with Jörn Diel in the 73rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jörn Diel made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ronny Roppel in the 78th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Eugen Berger during the 78th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of 4. FC Scheibenweg booed when Juventus Turin was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eugen Berger didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 82nd minute, Eugen Berger hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A hard and well directed shot from Tim Noack led 83 minutes into the game to a goal after the ball had bounced deceptively just in front of the goal. Juventus Turin's Jörn Diel became a little unsure and couldn't grip the ball before it was over the goalline. Thus it was 0-1. 88 minutes into the match, Juventus Turin's goal looked a bit too open when Gernot Zientara came free, but Jörn Diel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, 4. FC Scheibenweg's Enno Axten got a free kick in the 91st minute. The 4. FC Scheibenweg 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.