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Spectators: 8393 (Terracing: 6297, Seating: 1930, VIP seats: 166) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ralf Furchner took the kick off in the first half of the match. Martin Eschrich hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. Johannes Plappert was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 6th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Ralf Furchner sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, VFR Stommeln's Sammy Hotze got a free kick in the 10th minute. After a rather tough play, hoherkrauz's Cosmo Kunze got a free kick in the 14th minute. Sammy Hotze hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. Brix Waddey received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Remo Totti tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Remo Totti showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ralf Furchner, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. Tim Starke kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. When Johannes Plappert came up free with the goalie in the 27th minute, the hoherkrauz 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 Johannes Plappert couldn't finish the play. In the 29thth minute of the game Ralf Furchner who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but VFR Stommeln's Remo Totti was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 31st minute, Ralf Furchner ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Remo Totti was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. The supporters of VFR Stommeln booed when hoherkrauz was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Brix Waddey didn't get a good kick on the ball. Karol Sauk received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Ansgar von Berg tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Alfons Weihs sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rudolf Jeske hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. In the 47th minute Ralf Furchner shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Remo Totti saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After the first half hoherkrauz were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Rudolf Jeske to strike the kick off in the second half. 54 minutes into the match, VFR Stommeln's goalkeeper Remo Totti had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ralf Furchner. Ralf Furchner scored 0-2 in the 56th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Remo Totti, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 61st minute Sammy Hotze shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ansgar von Berg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 63rd minute, Eduard Pajewski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ralf Furchner's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 74thth minute, Remo Totti skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Remo Totti made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ralf Furchner in the 76th minute. When Ralf Furchner came up free with the goalie in the 78th minute, the hoherkrauz 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 Ralf Furchner couldn't finish the play. After 79 minutes, Sammy Hotze mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the VFR Stommeln and the hoherkrauz players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 79 played minutes VFR Stommeln got a freekick which was hit by Sammy Hotze. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ralf Furchner got free with Remo Totti in the 82nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Remo Totti made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ralf Furchner in the 84th minute. Remo Totti made a fantastic save in the 85th minute, when Ralf Furchner sent off a good shot on target. With a little luck, VFR Stommeln's Remo Totti got control of the ball when Ralf Furchner tried to sneak it across the goal line. Ralf Furchner sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The VFR Stommeln fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. hoherkrauz were clearly better and deserved to take the win.