League

Unterbichl
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Pleysteiner Landeier's Swen Kwon started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 2nd match minute, Pleysteiner Landeier was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gunter Urbanek to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Unterbichl's Bastien Ehrlich got a free kick in the 4th minute. In the 11th minute, Unterbichl's Ralf Fritzsche seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Ralf Fritzsche the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Unterbichl protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Ralf Fritzsche had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 13th minute there was a penalty for Pleysteiner Landeier. Matthias Hutter stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Kjeld Haldenwang. 0-1. Ralf Dettinger sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Maximilian Bauermeister's late challenge caught a Unterbichl's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Maximilian Bauermeister helped the player get up and apologised. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 29th minute of the game. One of Pleysteiner Landeier:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Unterbichl:s goal. When Johannes-Markus Bollen came up free with the goalie in the 35th minute, the Unterbichl 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-Markus Bollen couldn't finish the play. Manuel Grabs showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Johannes-Markus Bollen, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. Johannes-Markus Bollen recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 42nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Johannes-Markus Bollen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Manuel Grabs tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The corner ended in Jörg Abd el Farrag almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Pleysteiner Landeier's Manuel Grabs did a great save. After some careless play in the Pleysteiner Landeier defense, Johannes-Markus Bollen kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Manuel Grabs. The Pleysteiner Landeier fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Manuel Grabs should have stopped the shot. In the 72ndth minute of the game Ralf Dettinger who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Pleysteiner Landeier's Manuel Grabs was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 74 minutes into the match, Pleysteiner Landeier's goal looked a bit too open when Johannes-Markus Bollen came free, but Manuel Grabs reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Johannes-Markus Bollen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Manuel Grabs having to interfere. In the 81st minute Renzo Glatzer suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jannes Rosenbaum during the 81st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Manuel Grabs made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ralf Dettinger in the 86th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 91st minute, Johannes-Markus Bollen managed to get in a good position for a shot. Unterbichl's supporters rose to their feet, but Johannes-Markus Bollen was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Manuel Grabs breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The Unterbichl fans' excitement grew in the 97th match minute when Unterbichl's Johannes-Markus Bollen looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 3-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. There was no doubt that Unterbichl were the better team. Unterbichl's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.