League Play-Off

Höfa
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Thomas Bremer kicked off to start the match. Heinrich Klerings in the 5thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Ingo Meier, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Georg Gleixner in the 7thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Ingo Meier, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. The crowd rose to their feet as Robin Seidel kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ingo Meier. That made the score 1-0 in the 8 minute of play. Ingo Meier showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dierk Aydin in the 11th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Georg Gleixner got free with Ingo Meier in the 12th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 14 minutes into the game, Roland-Nicolas Büssinger was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Nordhagen's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC Arnstadt the free kick. In a very dangerous position, a player in Nordhagen fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 14th minute. Penalty! Ingo Meier went to the wrong direction when Heinrich Klerings was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. The supporters of Nordhagen booed when FC Arnstadt was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dierk Aydin didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robin Seidel in the 23rd minute of play forced Nordhagen's goalkeeper Ingo Meier to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Heinrich Klerings in the 24th minute of play forced Nordhagen's goalkeeper Ingo Meier to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 26th minute, FC Arnstadt's Georg Gleixner dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. In the 29thth minute of the game Dierk Aydin who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Nordhagen's Ingo Meier was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Heinrich Klerings received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Ingo Meier tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Nordhagen's zone, Dierk Aydin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ingo Meier came out of the goal and Dierk Aydin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Heinrich Klerings in the 38th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ingo Meier prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Ingo Meier made a fantastic save in the 40th minute, when Robin Seidel sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when Heinrich Klerings got free with Ingo Meier in the 42nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of FC Arnstadt booed when Nordhagen was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Roland-Nicolas Büssinger didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Georg Gleixner came up free with the goalie in the 44th minute, the FC Arnstadt 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 Georg Gleixner couldn't finish the play. 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 3-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Georg Gleixner stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Ingo Meier showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dierk Aydin, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. After a defensive mix-up in Nordhagen's zone, Robin Seidel stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ingo Meier came out of the goal and Robin Seidel tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Dierk Aydin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Ingo Meier tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Georg Gleixner received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Ingo Meier tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 63rdth minute of the game Georg Gleixner who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Nordhagen's Ingo Meier was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Ingo Meier showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Georg Gleixner in the 65th minute of the match. After 65 played minutes Nordhagen got a freekick which was hit by Ralf-Joachim Eberhart. An unexpectedly hard shot by Heinrich Klerings in the 72nd minute of play forced Nordhagen's goalkeeper Ingo Meier to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 75 minutes into the match, FC Arnstadt's Heinrich Klerings sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ingo Meier narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Ingo Meier came out of the goal in the 77th minute to try and stop a shot by FC Arnstadt's Robin Seidel. But to his dismay, Robin Seidel quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-0. In the 80th minute, Heinrich Klerings made a precise shot to the right of Ingo Meier. Nordhagen's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 6-0. Ingo Meier showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Heinrich Klerings in the 85th minute of the match. 87 minutes into the match, Nordhagen's goal looked a bit too open when Dierk Aydin came free, but Ingo Meier reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Nordhagen's Sebastian Herdzik got a free kick in the 87th minute. Ingo Meier took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Heinrich Klerings, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Heinrich Klerings in the 90th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ingo Meier saved Nordhagen from getting behind. Heinrich Klerings fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ingo Meier having to interfere. Robin Seidel scored 7-0 in the 94th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ingo Meier, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.