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Gerena Arena
Spectators: 7990 (Terracing: 5994, Seating: 1837, VIP seats: 159) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Ion Jula kicked off to start the match. Bryan Kampa hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. Uwe-Jens Eickhoff received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Claudio Apicella tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bertram Griefahn charged in rather forcefully in the 10th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Bertram Griefahn the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The audience was convinced that Ion Jula's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Romeo Rudinsky was relentless in the 13th minute of the game. Mads Kopitz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Claudio Apicella having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet as Oberndorf's Yao Rong Zhen slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Romeo Rudinsky. That made the score 1-0 after 21 minutes of play. Romeo Rudinsky made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ion Jula in the 24th minute of play. Uwe-Jens Eickhoff charged in rather forcefully in the 26th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Uwe-Jens Eickhoff the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 28th minute, Pascal Stemmer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A hard shot 34 in the game by Ion Jula from a close distance when the talented Romeo Rudinsky managed to make a qualified save. Zonguldakspor's players were relieved. After having played for 36 minutes, Uwe-Jens Eickhoff managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Zonguldakspor's supporters crossed their fingers, but Uwe-Jens Eickhoff was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 39 minutes into the match, Oberndorf's goal looked a bit too open when Pascal Stemmer came free, but Claudio Apicella reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yao Rong Zhen in the 40th minute of play forced Zonguldakspor's goalkeeper Romeo Rudinsky to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 42 minutes into the game, Yao Rong Zhen recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Romeo Rudinsky. Yao Rong Zhen showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Pascal Stemmer was the one to do the kick off. Uwe-Jens Eickhoff got his second yellow card in the match during the 51st minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Uwe-Jens Eickhoff hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. In the 53rd minute, Zonguldakspor's Larry Zedi seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Larry Zedi the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Zonguldakspor protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Larry Zedi had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 53rd minute of the game. One of Zonguldakspor:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Oberndorf:s goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yao Rong Zhen in the 58th minute of play forced Zonguldakspor's goalkeeper Romeo Rudinsky to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Yao Rong Zhen fell near the penalty area in the 61st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Oberndorf's protests and gave Yao Rong Zhen a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Oberndorf getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Yao Rong Zhen hit a great ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ion Jula in the 66th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Romeo Rudinsky prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Romeo Rudinsky made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yao Rong Zhen in the 70th minute of play. Romeo Rudinsky showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ion Jula in the 74th minute of the match. Ion Jula received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Romeo Rudinsky tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Zonguldakspor's Romeo Rudinsky played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ion Jula in the 78th minute of play. Zonguldakspor's Romeo Rudinsky played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ion Jula in the 83rd minute of play. Romeo Rudinsky stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ion Jula's shot from short distance in the 84th minute. Bertram Griefahn sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Romeo Rudinsky didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Yao Rong Zhen went, in the 87th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. A collision led to Oberndorf getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Dick Lodgman von Auen hit a great ball. Romeo Rudinsky took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yao Rong Zhen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.