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Sir Wayne Arena
Spectators: 7695 (Terracing: 5772, Seating: 1770, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Dan Willi made the kick off which started today's match. 3 minutes into the match, Grasshoppers's goal looked a bit too open when Dan Willi came free, but Tizian Imboden reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 6th minute, Ivan Theiss ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Kurt Frankfurter was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Salomon Lengen kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. Dan Willi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Tizian Imboden tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tizian Imboden showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Goran Wunderlin in the 16th minute of the match. If Philip Vogel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 20th minute, Alwin Lowe managed to get in a good position for a shot. Grasshoppers's supporters rose to their feet, but Alwin Lowe was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Kurt Frankfurter breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When Franziskus Vinciguerra fell near the penalty area in the 20th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC Thuner Löwen's protests and gave Franziskus Vinciguerra a yellow card for diving instead. Franziskus Vinciguerra kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. In the 23rd minute, Chuck Keiser hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 28th minute, Chuck Keiser made a precise shot to the right of Kurt Frankfurter. FC Thuner Löwen's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Philip Vogel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tizian Imboden having to interfere. Chuck Keiser fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kurt Frankfurter having to interfere. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Alwin Lowe made a kick off. Philip Vogel might have been able to make a better finish in the 51st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Tizian Imboden. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Philip Vogel ran back to his position shaking his head. Philip Vogel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Kurt Frankfurter showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alwin Lowe in the 61st minute of the match. The referee felt a red card was in order, 63 minutes into the game, when Kyros Sevier put in a rough tackle. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 62nd minute of the game. One of FC Thuner Löwen:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Grasshoppers:s goal. Kurt Frankfurter showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alwin Lowe in the 67th minute of the match. If Philip Vogel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Franziskus Vinciguerra received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Tizian Imboden tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Grasshoppers's zone, Philip Vogel stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tizian Imboden came out of the goal and Philip Vogel tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alwin Lowe in the 76th minute of play forced FC Thuner Löwen's goalkeeper Kurt Frankfurter to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 80 minutes into the match, FC Thuner Löwen's goal looked a bit too open when Alwin Lowe came free, but Kurt Frankfurter reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 89 minutes into the match, Grasshoppers's goal looked a bit too open when Franziskus Vinciguerra came free, but Tizian Imboden reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Philip Vogel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Alwin Lowe fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kurt Frankfurter having to interfere. Goran Wunderlin hit a great freekick 97 minutes into the match.