League Play-Off

Bath Park
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Samuel Muno got the match started through his kick off. Pierre-Joseph Hundhammer's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Karlheinz von Arnim-Boitzenburg read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 5th minute of play. Wilhelm Cantoreggi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Ludwig Lampadius tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Liam Happe blasted a shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ludwig Lampadius having to make a save. After a rather tough play, Sporting Mertzig's Eddie Baumstein got a free kick in the 10th minute. In the 15th minute the ball was on its way in behind Sporting Mertzig's goalkeeper Ludwig Lampadius, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pierre-Joseph Hundhammer in the 17th minute of play forced Bath's goalkeeper Karlheinz von Arnim-Boitzenburg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 18th match minute, Bath was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Charles Lichtenstein to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 19th minute, Pierre-Joseph Hundhammer managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sporting Mertzig's supporters rose to their feet, but Pierre-Joseph Hundhammer was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Karlheinz von Arnim-Boitzenburg breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Karlheinz von Arnim-Boitzenburg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Samuel Muno, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Karlheinz von Arnim-Boitzenburg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pierre-Joseph Hundhammer, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 32nd minute, Pierre-Joseph Hundhammer managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sporting Mertzig's supporters rose to their feet, but Pierre-Joseph Hundhammer was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Karlheinz von Arnim-Boitzenburg breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 37 minutes into the game, Sporting Mertzig's Pierre-Joseph Hundhammer nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Karlheinz von Arnim-Boitzenburg made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. The crowd rose to their feet as Bath's Liam Happe slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ludwig Lampadius. That made the score 1-1 after 44 minutes of play.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Liam Happe made a kick off. Karlheinz von Arnim-Boitzenburg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eddie Baumstein in the 51st minute of the match. Karlheinz von Arnim-Boitzenburg made a fantastic save in the 52nd minute, when Pierre-Joseph Hundhammer sent off a good shot on target. Bath's Karlheinz von Arnim-Boitzenburg proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 54th minute of the match, managed to save Bath from getting a goal against them. Liam Happe's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ludwig Lampadius read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 56th minute of play. Samuel Muno received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Karlheinz von Arnim-Boitzenburg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 74 played minutes Samuel Muno rounded Bath's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-2. Bob Günther's late challenge caught a Sporting Mertzig's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bob Günther helped the player get up and apologised. 78 minutes into the game, one of Bath:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The goalkeeper, Karlheinz von Arnim-Boitzenburg, was totally fooled by Sporting Mertzig's Aaron Baumhauer, who 79 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Sporting Mertzig's Pierre-Joseph Hundhammer got a good chance for a goal in the 83rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After having played for 84 minutes, Wilhelm Cantoreggi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Bath's supporters crossed their fingers, but Wilhelm Cantoreggi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With a little luck, Bath's Karlheinz von Arnim-Boitzenburg got control of the ball when Pierre-Joseph Hundhammer tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 95 minutes, Maximilian Wagener mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sporting Mertzig and the Bath players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 95th match minute, Sporting Mertzig was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Maximilian Wagener to maneuver through the defense. Sporting Mertzig played a much better game than Bath and deserved their victory. The Bath players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.