League Play-Off

VOLKSWAGEN
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Maximilian Sziedat got the match started through his kick off. After 9 minutes, Maximilian Sziedat mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Henglarn and the NationalElf players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of NationalElf booed when Henglarn was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Maximilian Sziedat didn't get a good kick on the ball. Luka Heyde's late challenge caught a NationalElf's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Luka Heyde helped the player get up and apologised. Luka Heyde hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. NationalElf's Ralf Trares got a good chance for a goal in the 18th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 20 minutes into the match, Ralf Trares had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Christer Kosack. Henglarn's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ralf Trares was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Henglarn's Christer Kosack proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to save Henglarn from getting a goal against them. Florian Rix showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maximilian Sziedat in the 42nd minute of the match. 43 minutes into the match, Luka Heyde had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Florian Rix. NationalElf's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Luka Heyde was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. 2-1 became the score in the 47th minute when Ralf Trares elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ralf Trares was the one to do the kick off. 57 minutes into the match, Henglarn's goal looked a bit too open when Ralf Trares came free, but Christer Kosack reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Florian Rix made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maximilian Sziedat in the 59th minute of play. When Friedhold Hofner fell near the penalty area in the 61st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Henglarn's protests and gave Friedhold Hofner a yellow card for diving instead. Christer Kosack took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ralf Trares, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ralf Trares in the 72nd minute of play forced Henglarn's goalkeeper Christer Kosack to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 77th minute Ralf Trares shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Christer Kosack saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 79th match minute, NationalElf was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Holger Jüngling to maneuver through the defense. In the 80th minute of the match Friedhold Hofner sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Florian Rix skillfully saved the ball. Christer Kosack showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ralf Trares, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. If Clemens Bockenauer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Florian Rix showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maximilian Sziedat, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. Luka Heyde fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 98th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Florian Rix having to interfere. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. NationalElf fully deserved thier win.