League Play-Off

Riederwald
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Kim Mehring started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Till Hofmann received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Paul Appeltrath tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match clock showed 5 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Ephraim Balog sped through Riederwald's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Paul Appeltrath. If Ephraim Balog had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mathias Brabant made an important save on a dangerous shot by Andre-Yann Hospelt in the 16th minute. 20 minutes into the game, Kim Mehring recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Mathias Brabant. Kim Mehring showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-1. In the 23rd match minute, Riederwald was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hendrik Ullmann to maneuver through the defense. Till Hofmann hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kim Mehring in the 32nd minute of play forced Hamburger SV's goalkeeper Mathias Brabant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ephraim Balog received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Paul Appeltrath tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ephraim Balog in the 39th minute of play forced Riederwald's goalkeeper Paul Appeltrath to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 42 minutes into the match, Riederwald's goal looked a bit too open when Till Hofmann came free, but Paul Appeltrath reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Till Hofmann fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Paul Appeltrath having to interfere. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Till Hofmann to strike the kick off in the second half. When Ephraim Balog came up free with the goalie in the 52nd minute, the Hamburger SV fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Ephraim Balog couldn't finish the play. Paul Appeltrath didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ephraim Balog went, in the 54th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. After some careless play in the Hamburger SV defense, Kim Mehring kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mathias Brabant. The Hamburger SV fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mathias Brabant should have stopped the shot. Paul Appeltrath made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ephraim Balog in the 64th minute. Till Hofmann fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Paul Appeltrath having to interfere. Ephraim Balog sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Dustin Sylvester hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. Ephraim Balog might have been able to make a better finish in the 71st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Paul Appeltrath. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ephraim Balog ran back to his position shaking his head. After 73 minutes, Eugen Wittbusch mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Riederwald and the Hamburger SV players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 74th minute, Hamburger SV got a penalty, and Gert Lege placed the ball unsaveable into goal, by the right post. A collision led to Hamburger SV getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Gunter Wahlberg hit a great ball. If Andre-Yann Hospelt had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Till Hofmann's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Paul Appeltrath was relentless in the 83rd minute of the game. If Till Hofmann had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Gunter Wahlberg fell near the penalty area in the 96th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Hamburger SV's protests and gave Gunter Wahlberg a yellow card for diving instead. In the 96th match minute, Hamburger SV was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gunter Wahlberg to maneuver through the defense. Hamburger SV's Mathias Brabant played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kim Mehring in the 99th minute of play. Hamburger SV's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.