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Hammerstadt
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Steffen-Julian Nörenberg took the kick off in the first half of the match. 3 minutes into the match, Staning FC's goal looked a bit too open when Patrick Zahl came free, but Julius Beier reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Julius Beier came out of the goal in the 5th minute to try and stop a shot by Hammerstadt FC's Christian Rubarth. But to his dismay, Christian Rubarth quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. In the 9th minute of the match Marco Weiß sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Julius Beier skillfully saved the ball. After a rather tough play, Staning FC's Torben Schnaebeli got a free kick in the 9th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Hammerstadt FC's zone, Steffen-Julian Nörenberg stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fabio Kopp came out of the goal and Steffen-Julian Nörenberg tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Uwe Jelden's late challenge caught a Staning FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Uwe Jelden helped the player get up and apologised. Uwe Jelden hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. In the 17th minute of the match Dennis Ehrlichmann shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Fabio Kopp showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. The audience was convinced that Patrick Zahl's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Julius Beier was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. If Steffen-Julian Nörenberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Fabio Kopp showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Steffen-Julian Nörenberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Patrick Zahl in the 35th minute of play forced Staning FC's goalkeeper Julius Beier to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Staning FC's Julius Beier played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Patrick Zahl in the 41st minute of play. In the 42nd minute, Christian Rubarth 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. Christian Rubarth's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Julius Beier firmly grabbed it by the left post. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Patrick Zahl was the one to do the kick off. Christian Rubarth sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Julius Beier didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Christian Rubarth went, in the 57th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. The supporters of Hammerstadt FC booed when Staning FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bastian Frohlich didn't get a good kick on the ball. During the 65th minute of the match Uwe Jelden completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Uwe Jelden a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Fabio Kopp stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Steffen-Julian Nörenberg's shot from short distance in the 68th minute. Christian Rubarth received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Julius Beier tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Julius Beier showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marc-Joel Burschick, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. When the match had gone on for 77 minutes, Christian Rubarth put it in 3-0 from a short distance just to the right of Julius Beier. Christian Rubarth fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julius Beier having to interfere. Patrick Zahl fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julius Beier having to interfere. Julius Beier showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christian Rubarth in the 89th minute of the match. In the 92nd minute, Christian Rubarth left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Hammerstadt FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. Pascal Seelig fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 97th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fabio Kopp having to interfere. Hammerstadt FC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.