League Play-Off

Grunbach Stadion
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Sv Albania's Benjamin Klimbacher started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. The supporters of Anras booed when Sv Albania was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dirk Pötscher didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ulf Kapteina made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Klaus Schmidt in the 18th minute of play. Jens Geier received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Ulf Kapteina tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Sv Albania's zone, Klaus Schmidt stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ulf Kapteina came out of the goal and Klaus Schmidt tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ulf Kapteina stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Werner Jankowsky's shot from short distance in the 27th minute. After a rather tough play, Sv Albania's Yannic Olbrich got a free kick in the 34th minute. Sv Albania's Ulf Kapteina played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Klaus Schmidt in the 39th minute of play. Klaus Schmidt fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ulf Kapteina having to interfere. Ulf Kapteina took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Klaus Schmidt, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Klaus Schmidt to make the kick off. Christoph-Felix Hirtzel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lukas Nunold in the 51st minute of the match. A collision led to Sv Albania getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Torsten Adler hit a great ball. Carsten Brabec walked up to take care of the penalty kick. He was aiming for the top corner, but the ball went just outside the post. With his leg Ulf Kapteina managed to avoid a goal in the 65thth minute, when Anras's Jens Geier fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Yannic Olbrich charged in rather forcefully in the 66th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Yannic Olbrich the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Yannic Olbrich kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. Jens Geier received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Ulf Kapteina tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Klaus Schmidt might have been able to make a better finish in the 68th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ulf Kapteina. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Klaus Schmidt ran back to his position shaking his head. If Lukas Nunold had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jens Geier received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Ulf Kapteina tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 80th minute the ball was on its way in behind Sv Albania's goalkeeper Ulf Kapteina, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Jens Geier fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ulf Kapteina having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet as Anras's Florian Hennrich slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ulf Kapteina. That made the score 1-1 after 90 minutes of play. In the 95th minute Lukas Nunold shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Christoph-Felix Hirtzel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.