League Play-Off

Nocke Stadion
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Paulinho Bittencourt started the match with the kick off. Nocke's Paulinho Bittencourt was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 6th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. 11 minutes into the match, Nocke's Andy Fast sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Hartmut Hitzing narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 12th minute, Claas Scholze hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Hartmut Hitzing made a fantastic save in the 17th minute, when Paulinho Bittencourt sent off a good shot on target. After a defensive mix-up in Bayern Munich's zone, Albrecht Jory stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Hartmut Hitzing came out of the goal and Albrecht Jory tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 20 minutes into the match, Nocke's goal looked a bit too open when Curtis Börnsen came free, but Wolffram Fichtner reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Hartmut Hitzing showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paulinho Bittencourt in the 23rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paulinho Bittencourt in the 25th minute of play forced Bayern Munich's goalkeeper Hartmut Hitzing to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Paulinho Bittencourt received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Hartmut Hitzing tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Paulinho Bittencourt got free in front of the goal in the 28th minute he wasn't very focused and chipped the ball just over the goal. Hartmut Hitzing was delighted since he was out of position and the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Bayern Munich's Ingbert Carlhoff got a free kick in the 29th minute. 32 minutes into the match, Nocke's Paulinho Bittencourt sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Hartmut Hitzing narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Wolffram Fichtner showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Curtis Börnsen in the 34th minute of the match. When Nocke's Paulinho Bittencourt in the 35th minute got a chance for a shot 35th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Bayern Munich's goalie prevented a goal. Paulinho Bittencourt fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hartmut Hitzing having to interfere. Wolffram Fichtner took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Karsten Dinar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Curtis Börnsen made the kick off in the second half. The audience thought a goal was coming when Karsten Dinar got free with Wolffram Fichtner in the 51st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Curtis Börnsen did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-1 to the left of a surprised Wolffram Fichtner 58 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Bayern Munich defense, Paulinho Bittencourt kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Hartmut Hitzing. The Bayern Munich fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Hartmut Hitzing should have stopped the shot. 70 minutes into the game, Andy Kappertz was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Nocke's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Bayern Munich the free kick. The long shot by Mirco Brennecke in the 75th minute really tested Wolffram Fichtner'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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paulinho Bittencourt in the 76th minute of play forced Bayern Munich's goalkeeper Hartmut Hitzing to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hartmut Hitzing came out of the goal in the 77th minute to try and stop a shot by Nocke's Albrecht Jory. But to his dismay, Albrecht Jory quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-2. 83 minutes into the game, Nocke's Paulinho Bittencourt nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Hartmut Hitzing made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-2. In the 87th minute, Wesley Tiedemann 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. The audience was convinced that Paulinho Bittencourt's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hartmut Hitzing was relentless in the 89th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paulinho Bittencourt in the 90th minute of play forced Bayern Munich's goalkeeper Hartmut Hitzing to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bayern Munich's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.