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Nadelburg
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Heinrich Erl got the match started through his kick off. Till-Julius Rewer hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. After 3 minutes of play, Cruz Grande's Björn Eiterer made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marco Singer was left in no man's land by his defense there! Heinrich Erl fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Thorsten Terstappen having to interfere. Niclas Schlagbauer fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Singer having to interfere. 19 minutes into the match, Nadelburg FSV's goal looked a bit too open when Niclas Schlagbauer came free, but Marco Singer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thorsten Terstappen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Heinrich Erl, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. Marco Singer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Niclas Schlagbauer, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Marco Singer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Björn Eiterer in the 35th minute of the match. After 37 minutes Nadelburg FSV's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jannick Nussli who took care of the corner kick. 38 minutes into the game, one of Cruz Grande:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Thorsten Terstappen had in the 42ndth minute some difficulties stopping Roland-Nicolas Reichel's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. 43 minutes into the match, Cruz Grande's goalkeeper Thorsten Terstappen had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Till-Julius Rewer. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The audience was convinced that Till-Julius Rewer's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Thorsten Terstappen was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. Cruz Grande's Björn Eiterer got a good chance for a goal in the 64th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Axel Otters did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-4 to the left of a surprised Marco Singer 66 minutes into the match. Marco Singer made an important save on a dangerous shot by Björn Eiterer in the 70th minute. The supporters of Cruz Grande booed when Nadelburg FSV was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Olli Lainer didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Nadelburg FSV's Olli Lainer got a free kick in the 72nd minute. Björn Eiterer hit a great freekick 73 minutes into the match. Björn Eiterer sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Dennis Uhde had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. If Björn Eiterer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Josef Arendt came up free with the goalie in the 84th minute, the Cruz Grande fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Josef Arendt couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, Nadelburg FSV's Olli Lainer got a free kick in the 85th minute. When the match clock showed 89 minutes, the score became 0-5 when Björn Eiterer sped through Nadelburg FSV's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Marco Singer. 93 minutes into the game, Harald Fehringer was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Nadelburg FSV's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Cruz Grande the free kick. The referee gave Cruz Grande a penalty, 95 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Jannick Nussli, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Nadelburg FSV's Marco Singer. 0-6. Olli Lainer sent away a hard shot on goal in the 99th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. If Till-Julius Rewer had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 100th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match was over Cruz Grande could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Nadelburg FSV throughout the match.