League Play-Off

Hofweier Stadion
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Peter-Michael Bannert started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. A collision led to Hofweier getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Willi Elbert hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dominik Tannenberg in the 9th minute of play forced Hofweier's goalkeeper Philipp Gaab to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Radim Woltemath received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Gustav Schekorr tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 15 minutes into the game, Rigo Peukert cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Philipp Gaab was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Dominik Tannenberg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Philipp Gaab having to interfere. Philipp Gaab made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Peter-Michael Bannert in the 23rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rigo Peukert in the 24th minute of play forced Hofweier's goalkeeper Philipp Gaab to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Edson Hartenstein hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. If Albert Erler had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 34th match minute, Wechtern was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Benedetto Sitko to maneuver through the defense. The long shot by Ulrich Butzbach in the 34th minute really tested Gustav Schekorr's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Wechtern's Gustav Schekorr played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Albert Erler in the 40th minute of play. Benedetto Sitko kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. Radim Woltemath who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 44thth minute tested the skills of Gustav Schekorr when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Benedetto Sitko sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After the first half Wechtern were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Albert Erler to make the kick off. In the 53rd minute, Wechtern's Peter-Michael Bannert dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-2. Radim Woltemath received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Gustav Schekorr tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Radim Woltemath fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gustav Schekorr having to interfere. Benedetto Sitko struck a weak shot in the 68th minute. Philipp Gaab didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Wechtern. 73 minutes into the match, Radim Woltemath had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gustav Schekorr. Wechtern's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Radim Woltemath was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. When the match had gone on for 80 minutes, Benedetto Sitko took a quick shot and it went in 1-3 without a chance for Philipp Gaab to make any attempt to save it. Albert Erler received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Gustav Schekorr tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Philipp Gaab came out of the goal in the 95th minute to try and stop a shot by Wechtern's Dominik Tannenberg. But to his dismay, Dominik Tannenberg quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-4.