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Herpel Sportfeld
Spectators: 7337 (Terracing: 5500, Seating: 1837, VIP seats: 0) Holzbein Kiel's Thomas Haraszti 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. 3 minutes into the match, Thomas Haraszti notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Pleysteiner Landeier's Manuel Grabs. Manuel Grabs was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Mark Saak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gunter Urbanek in the 7th minute of the match. Horst Machold charged in rather forcefully in the 8th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Horst Machold the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 8th minute, Horst Machold hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 10 minutes in the game, Swen Kwon dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. Mark Saak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gunter Urbanek in the 13th minute of play. If Pascal Vester had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The audience was convinced that Thomas Haraszti's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Manuel Grabs was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. 18 minutes had been played when some careless play by Pleysteiner Landeier's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Quirin Saur was slow to take the kick. During this time Holzbein Kiel's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Holzbein Kiel's corner Quirin Saur fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Manuel Grabs quite easily take care of the ball. After having played for 20 minutes, Swen Kwon managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Pleysteiner Landeier's supporters crossed their fingers, but Swen Kwon was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Manuel Grabs made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Quirin Saur in the 23rd minute of play. In the 28th minute, Pascal Vester left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Holzbein Kiel fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. In the 31st minute the ball was on its way in behind Pleysteiner Landeier's goalkeeper Manuel Grabs, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. If Pascal Vester had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Philipp Rauscher had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Quirin Saur hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. Matthias Hutter shot from long distance in the 39th minute, but Mark Saak was prepared and stopped the ball at the left post. Caspar Finkel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Manuel Grabs having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Pleysteiner Landeier's Horst Machold got a free kick in the 45th minute.

Mark Saak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ingo Waidner in the 56th minute of the match. Pleysteiner Landeier's Manuel Grabs played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Thomas Haraszti in the 61st minute of play. Manuel Grabs showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pascal Vester, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. After 62 played minutes Pleysteiner Landeier got a freekick which was hit by Horst Machold. Caspar Finkel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Manuel Grabs tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 71st minute the ball was on its way in behind Pleysteiner Landeier's goalkeeper Manuel Grabs, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Pascal Vester fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Manuel Grabs having to interfere. If Quirin Saur had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Emir Bischoff lost his temper 81 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. Holzbein Kiel's Philipp Rauscher got a good chance for a goal in the 86th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Holzbein Kiel's Arvid Knüwe was substituted for Thomas Haraszti. Caspar Finkel 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. Caspar Finkel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in Pleysteiner Landeier's zone, Caspar Finkel stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Manuel Grabs came out of the goal and Caspar Finkel tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Gunter Urbanek during the 96th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Pleysteiner Landeier's Gunter Urbanek got a free kick in the 96th minute. The Pleysteiner Landeier fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Holzbein Kiel were clearly better and deserved to take the win.