League Play-Off

Nettesheim Sportfeld
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Steffen Minschke took the kick off in the first half of the match. Horst Starkes short, quick shot in the 4thth minute got Dominik Werners to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 6thth minute of the game Steffen Minschke who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Raakamp FC's Dominik Werners was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Fabian Hanewinckel's late challenge caught a Nettesheim's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fabian Hanewinckel helped the player get up and apologised. In the 7th match minute, Raakamp FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fabian Hanewinckel to maneuver through the defense. Shingo Hohn took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 10th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Richart Rübin. Nettesheim's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After a rather tough play, Nettesheim's Niclas Mauer got a free kick in the 11th minute. Richart Rübin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gerald Kowalewski in the 12th minute of play. 13 minutes into the game, Steffen Minschke recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Dominik Werners. Steffen Minschke showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. In the 17th minute, Gerald Kowalewski 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. In the 20th minute, Steffen Minschke fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Dominik Werners showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Steffen Minschke in the 26th minute of the match. Gernot Brahms might have been able to make a better finish in the 27th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Richart Rübin. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Gernot Brahms ran back to his position shaking his head. Gernot Brahms recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 29th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Gernot Brahms sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Steffen Minschke had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The wind increased when Gernot Brahms made the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute, Horst Starke 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. Gerald Kowalewski received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Richart Rübin came out and tried to block the shot, but Gerald Kowalewski slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 55th minute. When Gerald Kowalewski came up free with the goalie in the 58th minute, the Raakamp FC 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 Gerald Kowalewski couldn't finish the play. Richart Rübin made a fantastic save in the 61st minute, when Gerald Kowalewski sent off a good shot on target. Gernot Brahms received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Richart Rübin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 71st minute, Mesut Jordan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 78 played minutes Raakamp FC got a freekick which was hit by Balduin Pistauer. Dominik Werners showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Steffen Minschke in the 81st minute of the match. In the 82nd minute Steffen Minschke shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dominik Werners saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Steffen Minschke had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 92 minutes, Horst Starke made it 2-1 with a short kick to the right side. Raakamp FC's Dominik Werners tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. For all the effort they put into the match, the Raakamp FC players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Nettesheim.