League Play-Off

Energie Arena
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Mark Bär started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 6 minutes into the match, Delron Unger had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Henning Uschok. Krautenberg's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Delron Unger was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. 8 minutes into the match, Rettenbach's Delron Unger sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Henning Uschok narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Delron Unger fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Henning Uschok having to interfere. 12 minutes into the game, David Pomp was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Krautenberg's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Rettenbach the free kick. A collision led to Krautenberg getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. David Pomp hit a great ball. In the 13th minute, Delron Unger ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Henning Uschok was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. After a defensive mix-up in Krautenberg's zone, Delron Unger stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Henning Uschok came out of the goal and Delron Unger tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Yorick König might have been able to make a better finish in the 21st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Henning Uschok. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Yorick König ran back to his position shaking his head. Henning Uschok took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yorick König, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Krautenberg's Hendrik Rohrbacher got a good chance for a goal in the 23rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Henning Uschok didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Delron Unger went, in the 36th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. Wilhelm Mielers fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Henning Uschok having to interfere. Henning Uschok made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yorick König in the 42nd minute of play. Yorick König fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Henning Uschok having to interfere. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-4 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Yorick König to make the kick off. In the 51st minute, Hendrik Rohrbacher 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. Wilhelm Mielers hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. Moritz Popitz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hendrik Rohrbacher, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. If Yorick König had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 70th match minute, Krautenberg was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nathan Neumann to maneuver through the defense. 70 minutes into the match, Rettenbach's Thorsten Melkis broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Moritz Popitz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hendrik Rohrbacher in the 76th minute of the match. After 78 played minutes Rettenbach got a freekick which was hit by Wilhelm Mielers. 81 minutes into the match, Krautenberg's Hendrik Rohrbacher sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Moritz Popitz narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Delron Unger received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Henning Uschok tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yorick König in the 87th minute of play forced Krautenberg's goalkeeper Henning Uschok to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Rettenbach's Florian Adams got a free kick in the 89th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Delron Unger got free with Henning Uschok in the 95th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.