League Play-Off

Santiago Bernabeu
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Real Madrid's Matt Adam played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bernd Halleck in the 3rd minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Robert Burgstaller during the 4th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, BRUSK FC's Robert Burgstaller got a free kick in the 4th minute. In the 8th match minute, Real Madrid was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nico Geenen to maneuver through the defense. Matt Adam showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robert Burgstaller in the 9th minute of the match. Jonas Schmitzbergers short, quick shot in the 11thth minute got Steven Rennert to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Bernd Halleck charged in rather forcefully in the 11th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Bernd Halleck the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. With his leg Steven Rennert managed to avoid a goal in the 13thth minute, when Real Madrid's Jonas Schmitzberger fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jonas Schmitzberger in the 14th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Steven Rennert prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 16th match minute, BRUSK FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bernd Halleck to maneuver through the defense. Jonas Schmitzberger's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Steven Rennert read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 21st minute of play. 23 minutes into the match, Real Madrid's goal looked a bit too open when Robert Burgstaller came free, but Matt Adam reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Matt Adam showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Claus Amerhauser in the 24th minute of the match. Steven Rennert showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jonas Schmitzberger, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. 31 minutes into the match, Real Madrid's goal looked a bit too open when Robert Burgstaller came free, but Matt Adam reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jonas Schmitzberger fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Steven Rennert having to interfere. If Nico Geenen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jonas Schmitzberger in the 37th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Steven Rennert saved BRUSK FC from getting behind. In the 42ndth minute of the game Jonas Schmitzberger who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but BRUSK FC's Steven Rennert was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 43rd minute, Sebastian Hörtnagel managed to get in a good position for a shot. Real Madrid's supporters rose to their feet, but Sebastian Hörtnagel was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Steven Rennert breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Robert Burgstaller was the one to do the kick off. After having played for 52 minutes, Jonas Schmitzberger managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Real Madrid's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jonas Schmitzberger was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Real Madrid's Jonas Schmitzberger in the 53rd minute got a chance for a shot 53rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye BRUSK FC's goalie prevented a goal. In the 55th minute, Nico Geenen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Matt Adam made a fantastic save in the 59th minute, when Claus Amerhauser sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gernot Schennach in the 62nd minute of play forced BRUSK FC's goalkeeper Steven Rennert to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Sebastian Hörtnagel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Steven Rennert didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Real Madrid's Jonas Schmitzberger shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-0 in the ordered_time% minute. With a little luck, Real Madrid's Matt Adam got control of the ball when Claus Amerhauser tried to sneak it across the goal line. Jonas Schmitzberger recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 71st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Jonas Schmitzberger had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Matt Adam showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robert Burgstaller, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. Matt Adam made an important save on a dangerous shot by Claus Amerhauser in the 82nd minute. Real Madrid's Matt Adam played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Robert Burgstaller in the 83rd minute of play. Steven Rennert showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jonas Schmitzberger, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. Real Madrid's Simon Wieczorek got a good chance for a goal in the 90th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Real Madrid walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.