League Play-Off

Spall Sportpark
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Sascha Schnabel kicked off to start the match. Maiko Gruber fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Björn Nadel having to interfere. In the 11th minute, Maiko Gruber 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. After a defensive mix-up in Benstorf FSV's zone, Maiko Gruber stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Björn Nadel came out of the goal and Maiko Gruber tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When the match had gone on for 16 minutes, Ulf Werlich took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Björn Nadel to make any attempt to save it. Emmerich Hackert kicked well hit freekick during the 36th minute of the match. Roland Gehring fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rutger Renz having to interfere. Levi Saak received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Rutger Renz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Ulf Werlich made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maiko Gruber in the 51st minute of play forced Benstorf FSV's goalkeeper Björn Nadel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Roland Gehring recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 52nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience was convinced that Maiko Gruber's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Björn Nadel was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 60 minutes, Ulf Werlich put it in 4-0 from a short distance just to the right of Björn Nadel. Maiko Gruber fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Björn Nadel having to interfere. Maiko Gruber recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 67th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Roland Gehring received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Rutger Renz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 74th minute Ulf Werlich shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Björn Nadel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Björn Nadel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ulf Werlich, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Björn Nadel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maiko Gruber in the 93rd minute of play. In the 94th minute, Benstorf FSV's Roland Gehring dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 4-1. Spall FSV were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Benstorf FSV for a fine match.