League Play-Off

Rinzenberg
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) In the 11th minute, Drees Baake 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. When the match had gone on for 13 minutes, Drees Baake took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Jacob Engelhardt to make any attempt to save it. Drees Baake sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 19 minutes into the match, Aura's goal looked a bit too open when Hubertus Schmugge came free, but Robert Wirtgen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Aura's zone, Hubertus Schmugge stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Robert Wirtgen came out of the goal and Hubertus Schmugge tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Robert Wirtgen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hubertus Schmugge in the 28th minute of the match. 32 minutes into the game, Tobias Kapitulski was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Groß Heere FSV's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Aura the free kick. In the 32nd match minute, Groß Heere FSV was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tobias Kapitulski to maneuver through the defense. Aura's Eros Strunk couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Groß Heere FSV. Bolko Happel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Jacob Engelhardt tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 41 minutes had been played when some careless play by Groß Heere FSV's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Eros Strunk was slow to take the kick. During this time Aura's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Eros Strunk got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jacob Engelhardt quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 45 minutes into the match, Mark Brunkhorst had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Robert Wirtgen. Aura's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mark Brunkhorst was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1.

The wind increased when Drees Baake made the kick off in the second half. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mark Brunkhorst got free with Robert Wirtgen in the 51st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Lukas Freiherr recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 56th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Aura's Drees Baake got a good chance for a goal in the 57th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 58th minute, Rainer Jaspers managed to get in a good position for a shot. Aura's supporters rose to their feet, but Rainer Jaspers was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jacob Engelhardt breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A collision led to Groß Heere FSV getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Mark Brunkhorst hit a great ball. Mark Brunkhorst received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Robert Wirtgen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 65 minutes, Rainer Jaspers managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Aura's supporters crossed their fingers, but Rainer Jaspers was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Jacob Engelhardt stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Drees Baake's shot from short distance in the 68th minute. Aura were awarded a corner in the 69th minute after Groß Heere FSV's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Eros Strunk took the corner. Eros Strunk made a great header on Aura's corner, it was just that Groß Heere FSV's Jacob Engelhardt managed to reach the ball for a save. Rainer Jaspers fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jacob Engelhardt having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Drees Baake in the 79th minute of play forced Groß Heere FSV's goalkeeper Jacob Engelhardt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rainer Jaspers sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jacob Engelhardt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Drees Baake in the 82nd minute of play. Tobias Kapitulski was shown his second yellow card after 83 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. In the 84th match minute, Groß Heere FSV was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tobias Kapitulski to maneuver through the defense. In the 85th minute, Eros Strunk sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Groß Heere FSV's Jacob Engelhardt didn't even have to move. In the 87th minute Drees Baake shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jacob Engelhardt saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 91st minute, Sigmund Raab made a precise shot to the right of Jacob Engelhardt. Groß Heere FSV's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. Eros Strunk kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. Groß Heere FSV's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.