League Play-Off

Dewitz Sportfeld
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Florian Gundelach took the kick off in the first half of the match. Joost Kossowski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Florian Gundelach, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Jannes Vester charged in rather forcefully in the 5th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jannes Vester the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Jannes Vester kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. Klaus Backesdorf received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Simon Goldblum tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Krister Janecek could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 9th minute of the match, but Joost Kossowski made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Klaus Backesdorf in the 11th minute of play forced AĞRI's goalkeeper Simon Goldblum to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Krister Janecek who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 20thth minute tested the skills of Joost Kossowski when he managed to save the team from getting behind. After 23 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for AĞRI! Florian Gundelach fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Joost Kossowski having to interfere. In the 37th minute, Krister Janecek left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The AĞRI fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. AĞRI's Simon Goldblum played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Klaus Backesdorf in the 42nd minute of play. If Klaus Backesdorf had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. If Krister Janecek had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 48th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Klaus Backesdorf to strike the kick off in the second half. Krister Janecek received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Joost Kossowski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Simon Goldblum showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Klaus Backesdorf in the 60th minute of the match. Florian Gundelach received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Joost Kossowski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Krister Janecek had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 78th minute, Florian Gundelach managed to get in a good position for a shot. AĞRI's supporters rose to their feet, but Florian Gundelach was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Joost Kossowski breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The supporters of AĞRI booed when Trabzonspor was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ingo Klump didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 82nd minute, Florian Gundelach ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Joost Kossowski was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. Florian Gundelach blasted a shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Joost Kossowski having to make a save. After having played for 89 minutes, Florian Gundelach managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. AĞRI's supporters crossed their fingers, but Florian Gundelach was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience was convinced that Krister Janecek's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Joost Kossowski was relentless in the 89th minute of the game. Florian Gundelach might have been able to make a better finish in the 91st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Joost Kossowski. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Florian Gundelach ran back to his position shaking his head. AĞRI's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.