Prized/Friendly Cup

Arena BEST FABIO
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Toninho Cosme made the kick off which started today's match. The audience was convinced that Adam Jäckel's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Olivier Dubs was relentless in the 7th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Toninho Cosme in the 12th minute of play forced Hertha 1969's goalkeeper Tjark Ernst to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Hertha 1969's Dante Jakob got a free kick in the 12th minute. Hertha 1969's Tjark Ernst played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Toninho Cosme in the 13th minute of play. Hertha 1969's Tjark Ernst played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Toninho Cosme in the 15th minute of play. Tjark Ernst made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jiang Liang Wei in the 19th minute of play. After having played for 19 minutes, Jiang Liang Wei managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. BEST FABIO F.C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Jiang Liang Wei was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. BEST FABIO F.C.'s Olivier Dubs played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adam Jäckel in the 21st minute of play. Olivier Dubs showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mathieu Tippelt, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. After 27 played minutes BEST FABIO F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Alexandre Xande. Tjark Ernst showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Toninho Cosme, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. Adam Jäckel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Olivier Dubs having to interfere. In the 38th minute, Dante Jakob hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Igor Gulak during the 43rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Igor Gulak hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Adam Jäckel to make the kick off. When BEST FABIO F.C.'s Gino de Brito in the 56th minute got a chance for a shot 56th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Hertha 1969's goalie prevented a goal. After a rather tough play, BEST FABIO F.C.'s Igor Gulak got a free kick in the 58th minute. Olivier Dubs showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adam Jäckel in the 60th minute of the match. Tjark Ernst made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jiang Liang Wei in the 63rd minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Alexandre Xande in the 64th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tjark Ernst saved Hertha 1969 from getting behind. After 66 minutes, Alexandre Xande mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the BEST FABIO F.C. and the Hertha 1969 players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Hertha 1969 booed when BEST FABIO F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alexandre Xande didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Mark Stripf had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ruth Forbrig lost his temper 71 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. The supporters of BEST FABIO F.C. booed when Hertha 1969 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ruth Forbrig didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 73rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Hertha 1969's goalkeeper Tjark Ernst, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. BEST FABIO F.C.'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Alexandre Xande in the 74th minute. Toninho Cosme scored 3-0 in the 78th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tjark Ernst, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Dante Jakob fell near the penalty area in the 84th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Hertha 1969's protests and gave Dante Jakob a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of BEST FABIO F.C. booed when Hertha 1969 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 84 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dante Jakob didn't get a good kick on the ball. 85 minutes into the match, Hertha 1969's goal looked a bit too open when Toninho Cosme came free, but Tjark Ernst reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, BEST FABIO F.C.'s Flavinho Netto got a free kick in the 87th minute. With a little luck, BEST FABIO F.C.'s Olivier Dubs got control of the ball when Mathieu Tippelt tried to sneak it across the goal line. 89 minutes had been played when some careless play by BEST FABIO F.C.'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Tobias Passmann was slow to take the kick. During this time Hertha 1969's players had a chance to rest. Hertha 1969's Tobias Passmann was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Olivier Dubs in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in.

Hertha 1969's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.