League Play-Off

Asperding Stadion
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Hartheim's Ralf Klinkhammer 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. In the 6th minute, Albert Schulte got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Albert Schulte sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 9th minute the ball was on its way in behind Asperding's goalkeeper Tommi Reichel, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Tommi Reichel came out of the goal in the 11th minute to try and stop a shot by Hartheim's Nikolaus Basting. But to his dismay, Nikolaus Basting quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. After 14 minutes of play, Hartheim's Ralf Klinkhammer made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tommi Reichel was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 18 played minutes, Hartheim's Nico Wolters shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Tommi Reichel came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Hartheim reached it. Tommi Reichel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ralf Klinkhammer in the 21st minute of play. Hartheim's Boris Triebel proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 24th minute of the match, managed to save Hartheim from getting a goal against them. The audience was convinced that Ralf Klinkhammer's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tommi Reichel was relentless in the 25th minute of the game. Asperding's Tommi Reichel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nikolaus Basting in the 31st minute of play. 32 minutes into the match, Asperding's goal looked a bit too open when Ralf Klinkhammer came free, but Tommi Reichel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Hartheim's Ralf Klinkhammer in the 33rd minute got a chance for a shot 33rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Asperding's goalie prevented a goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 43rd minute, Ralf Klinkhammer managed to get in a good position for a shot. Hartheim's supporters rose to their feet, but Ralf Klinkhammer was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tommi Reichel breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Boris Triebel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jürgen Degener in the 46th minute of the match. In the 48th match minute, Asperding was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jannik Schopp to maneuver through the defense. After 52 minutes Asperding's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Leo-Jan Tegtmeyer who took care of the corner kick. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jürgen Degener stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Ralf Klinkhammer sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Ralf Klinkhammer came up free with the goalie in the 61st minute, the Hartheim 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 Ralf Klinkhammer couldn't finish the play. Nikolaus Bastings short, quick shot in the 66thth minute got Tommi Reichel to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 69th minute, Jannik Schopp hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 70 minutes into the match, Asperding's goalkeeper Tommi Reichel had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nikolaus Basting. After a rather tough play, Asperding's Phillip Pöck got a free kick in the 71st minute. Boris Triebel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jürgen Degener in the 73rd minute of the match. In the 74th minute, Ralf Klinkhammer fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Tommi Reichel, passed just outside the right post. If Nikolaus Basting had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tommi Reichel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ralf Klinkhammer, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. In the 95th minute, Alexander Wittbusch got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jürgen Degener in the 99th minute of play forced Hartheim's goalkeeper Boris Triebel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 99th minute, Alexander Wittbusch hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match was over Hartheim could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Asperding throughout the match.