Prized/Friendly Cup

Emirates Stadium
Spectators: 46 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) An unexpectedly hard shot by Alain Berset in the 4th minute of play forced Rot-Weiss-Essen's goalkeeper August Hoffmanns to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 6th minute, Rogelio Montez managed to get in a good position for a shot. Espen Steelers's supporters rose to their feet, but Rogelio Montez was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. August Hoffmanns breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience was convinced that Hugo Haupt's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gregor Kobel was relentless in the 10th minute of the game. Federico Abud received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. August Hoffmanns tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 22nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Espen Steelers's goalkeeper Gregor Kobel, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 25 played minutes, Rot-Weiss-Essen's Maximilian Henning shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Gregor Kobel 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 Rot-Weiss-Essen reached it. In the 26th minute Anestis Kotsopoulos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gregor Kobel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 28th minute, Hugo Haupt made a precise shot to the right of Gregor Kobel. Espen Steelers's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. 37 minutes into the match, Espen Steelers's goal looked a bit too open when Anestis Kotsopoulos came free, but Gregor Kobel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 37 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Rot-Weiss-Essen's Anestis Kotsopoulos fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. In the 41st minute Rogelio Montez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but August Hoffmanns saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Roman Beljean sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 49 minutes had been played when some careless play by Espen Steelers's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Maximilian Henning was slow to take the kick. During this time Rot-Weiss-Essen's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Rot-Weiss-Essen's corner Hugo Haupt fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Gregor Kobel quite easily take care of the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Octavian Basten was the one to do the kick off. August Hoffmanns showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roman Beljean in the 60th minute of the match. A collision led to Rot-Weiss-Essen getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Flavio Canal hit a great ball. Espen Steelers made a substitution. Albert Einstein replaced Marco Odermatt. Maximilian Henning hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. Espen Steelers made a substitution. Alex Ioneasa replaced Ingo Minder. In the 80th minute, Maximilian Henning hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. August Hoffmanns showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stan Wawrinka, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. August Hoffmanns showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stan Wawrinka in the 87th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stan Wawrinka in the 92nd minute of play forced Rot-Weiss-Essen's goalkeeper August Hoffmanns to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alain Berset in the 94th minute of play forced Rot-Weiss-Essen's goalkeeper August Hoffmanns to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. August Hoffmanns took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stan Wawrinka, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 98 minutes had been played when some careless play by Rot-Weiss-Essen's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Williams Imholz was slow to take the kick. During this time Espen Steelers's players had a chance to rest. It was a well-played corner which Ekain Menendez managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand.