Stadion im. MARKUSA
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31,
Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Dinu Bocu kicked off to start the match. FC MARKUS's Arkadiusz Kostka played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gianni Balla in the 4th minute of play. 5 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC MARKUS's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Gianni Balla was slow to take the kick. During this time Hamburg Fighters's players had a chance to rest. It was a well-played corner which Per Schmettau managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Gianni Balla blasted a shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Arkadiusz Kostka having to make a save. 7 minutes into the match, FC MARKUS's goal looked a bit too open when Leandros Hölsch came free, but Arkadiusz Kostka reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pavlos Konstantakakis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Gandalf Head in the 8th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 12th minute, Gianni Balla managed to get in a good position for a shot. Hamburg Fighters's supporters rose to their feet, but Gianni Balla was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Arkadiusz Kostka breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gianluca Balla in the 15th minute of play forced FC MARKUS's goalkeeper Arkadiusz Kostka to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 16 minutes of play, FC MARKUS's Gandalf Head made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pavlos Konstantakakis was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 21st minute, Gianni Balla left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Hamburg Fighters fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. The audience was convinced that Daniel Hatman's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pavlos Konstantakakis was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. When the match clock showed 26 minutes, the score became 2-1 when Daniel Hatman sped through Hamburg Fighters's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Pavlos Konstantakakis. Arkadiusz Kostka showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gianluca Balla, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. Arkadiusz Kostka made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gianluca Balla in the 32nd minute of play. Arkadiusz Kostka showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dinu Bocu in the 32nd minute of the match. Hamburg Fighters were awarded a corner in the 33th minute after FC MARKUS's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Gianni Balla took the corner. Arkadiusz Kostka took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dinu Bocu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Arkadiusz Kostka showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dinu Bocu in the 35th minute of the match. Arkadiusz Kostka took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gianni Balla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 38 minutes into the game, Gianluca Balla cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-2. Arkadiusz Kostka was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Arkadiusz Kostka showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gianni Balla in the 44th minute of the match. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.
Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gandalf Head to make the kick off. 54 minutes into the match, FC MARKUS's goal looked a bit too open when Dinu Bocu came free, but Arkadiusz Kostka reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gianluca Ballas short, quick shot in the 57thth minute got Arkadiusz Kostka to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. FC MARKUS's Arkadiusz Kostka proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 60th minute of the match, managed to save FC MARKUS from getting a goal against them. A sloppy throw-in by Per Schmettau in the 71st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by FC MARKUS's Daniel Hatman. In the 73rd minute, Gandalf Head made a precise shot to the right of Pavlos Konstantakakis. Hamburg Fighters's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-2. 75 minutes into the match, FC MARKUS's goal looked a bit too open when Gianni Balla came free, but Arkadiusz Kostka reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 79th minute Dinu Bocu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arkadiusz Kostka saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Arkadiusz Kostka showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gianni Balla in the 80th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gianluca Balla in the 82nd minute of play forced FC MARKUS's goalkeeper Arkadiusz Kostka to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arkadiusz Kostka took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gianni Balla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. FC MARKUS's Arkadiusz Kostka played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gianni Balla in the 86th minute of play. After 87 minutes of play, Hamburg Fighters's Gianluca Balla made it 3-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Arkadiusz Kostka was left in no man's land by his defense there! The throw-in from Per Schmettau in the 90th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by FC MARKUS's Daniel Hatman. In the 91st match minute, FC MARKUS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pawel Sikola to maneuver through the defense. In the 92nd minute, Teobald Jeziorkowski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gianluca Balla scored 3-4 in the 94th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Arkadiusz Kostka, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The FC MARKUS fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Hamburg Fighters were clearly better and deserved to take the win.
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