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Zwittern
Spectators: 6736 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1736, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Zdeněk Girga made the kick off which started today's match. Jiří Nemrava charged in rather forcefully in the 2nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jiří Nemrava the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 5 played minutes Damice got a freekick which was hit by Stefan Kára. Zbyněk Vesecký received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Petr Maňásek tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A hard shot 13 in the game by Ctirad Vaňásek from a close distance when the talented Rostislav Ivánek managed to make a qualified save. Damice's players were relieved. 14 minutes into the match, Zwittern's Ctirad Vaňásek sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Rostislav Ivánek narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After some careless play in the Zwittern defense, Zbyněk Vesecký kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Petr Maňásek. The Zwittern fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Petr Maňásek should have stopped the shot. After 21 played minutes, Damice's Ivoš Švorc shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Petr Maňásek 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 Damice reached it. Zbyněk Vesecký recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 23rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience was convinced that Zdeněk Girga's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rostislav Ivánek was relentless in the 25th minute of the game. In the 28th minute the ball was on its way in behind Zwittern's goalkeeper Petr Maňásek, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 33rd minute, Karel Mánek managed to get in a good position for a shot. Damice's supporters rose to their feet, but Karel Mánek was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Petr Maňásek breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 39th match minute, Zwittern was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tomáš Bajer to maneuver through the defense. In the 41st minute Zbyněk Vesecký shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Petr Maňásek saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rostislav Ivánek showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zdeněk Girga in the 46th minute of the match. In the 47th minute Zdeněk Girga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rostislav Ivánek saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Karel Mánek made a kick off. The supporters of Zwittern booed when Damice was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 54 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jiří Nemrava didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ctirad Vaňásek in the 56th minute of play forced Damice's goalkeeper Rostislav Ivánek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 58 minutes into the game, Ludvík Holubec was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Damice's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Zwittern the free kick. 58 minutes into the game, one of Damice:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Petr Maňásek made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zbyněk Vesecký in the 64th minute. In the 65thth minute of the game Zdeněk Girga who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Damice's Rostislav Ivánek was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Karel Mánek received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Petr Maňásek tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 72 minutes into the match, Zwittern's goalkeeper Petr Maňásek had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zbyněk Vesecký. If Zdeněk Girga had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Rostislav Ivánek took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zdeněk Girga, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 83rd minute of the match Jan Horejš shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Rostislav Ivánek showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Karel Mánek in the 85th minute of play forced Zwittern's goalkeeper Petr Maňásek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 89th minute of the match Zwittern got a corner. Damice's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Vít Pfeifer ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led Zwittern's Vít Pfeifer to fire away a dangerous shot which Rostislav Ivánek despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. When Oliver Bartko fell near the penalty area in the 90th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Damice's protests and gave Oliver Bartko a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Damice getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Oliver Bartko hit a great ball. Rostislav Ivánek came out of the goal in the 94th minute to try and stop a shot by Zwittern's Ctirad Vaňásek. But to his dismay, Ctirad Vaňásek quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Zwittern fans cheered their team off the field, for while Damice had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.