League Play-Off

Lümbach Stadion
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Justus Breiter made the kick off which started today's match. Ismail Hangl received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Leo-Jan Theinert tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 4th minute, Daniel Parkoz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Felix Bernwalder fell near the penalty area in the 14th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 1.FC Rot-Weiß Troisdorf's protests and gave Felix Bernwalder a yellow card for diving instead. After 16 played minutes, Lümbach's Jochen Logern shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Sönke Koppelberg came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Lümbach reached it. Malte Maller sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in Lümbach's zone, Leon Decker stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Leo-Jan Theinert came out of the goal and Leon Decker tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Sönke Koppelberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Justus Breiter in the 26th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Lümbach's zone, Leon Decker stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Leo-Jan Theinert came out of the goal and Leon Decker tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 28th minute, Mario Mangold hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Otto-Stephan Zimmer fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leo-Jan Theinert having to interfere. Leo-Jan Theinert showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jeremias Betzer, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Ismail Hangl sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jeremias Betzer in the 37th minute of play forced Lümbach's goalkeeper Leo-Jan Theinert to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Otto-Stephan Zimmer sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ismail Hangl in the 42nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Leo-Jan Theinert prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Jeremias Betzer fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leo-Jan Theinert having to interfere. Otto-Stephan Zimmer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Leo-Jan Theinert tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jeremias Betzer stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 54 minutes into the match, 1.FC Rot-Weiß Troisdorf's goal looked a bit too open when Justus Klebsch came free, but Sönke Koppelberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 1.FC Rot-Weiß Troisdorf's Sönke Koppelberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Justus Breiter in the 56th minute of play. Jeremias Betzer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Leo-Jan Theinert tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Leo-Jan Theinert made a fantastic save in the 59th minute, when Jeremias Betzer sent off a good shot on target. 59 minutes into the game, Fabian Küppers was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Lümbach's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave 1.FC Rot-Weiß Troisdorf the free kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jeremias Betzer in the 61st minute of play forced Lümbach's goalkeeper Leo-Jan Theinert to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 66 minutes into the game, Jeremias Betzer recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Leo-Jan Theinert. Jeremias Betzer showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-1. When Jeremias Betzer came up free with the goalie in the 69th minute, the 1.FC Rot-Weiß Troisdorf 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 Jeremias Betzer couldn't finish the play. After some careless play in the Lümbach defense, Jeremias Betzer kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Leo-Jan Theinert. The Lümbach fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Leo-Jan Theinert should have stopped the shot. Jeremias Betzer could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 79th minute of the match, but Leo-Jan Theinert made a huge save. In the 87th minute, Jeremias Betzer 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. Leo-Jan Theinert made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jeremias Betzer in the 90th minute of play. Malte Maller sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Leo-Jan Theinert took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jeremias Betzer, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When 1.FC Rot-Weiß Troisdorf's Jeremias Betzer in the 95th minute got a chance for a shot 95th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Lümbach's goalie prevented a goal. 1.FC Rot-Weiß Troisdorf's Sönke Koppelberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Justus Breiter in the 96th minute of play. When the final whistle sounded 1.FC Rot-Weiß Troisdorf left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Lümbach.