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Spectators: 6716 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 0) In the 6th minute, Xerxes Graeßner got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After 8 minutes of play, Adidas SV's Xerxes Graeßner made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Samuel Scheck was left in no man's land by his defense there! Thaddäus Gehrcke received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Samuel Scheck tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 18 minutes of play, Adidas SV's Oswald Pless made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Samuel Scheck was left in no man's land by his defense there! After some careless play in the FC SCHALKE 04 defense, Thaddäus Gehrcke kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Samuel Scheck. The FC SCHALKE 04 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Samuel Scheck should have stopped the shot. Samuel Scheck took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Xerxes Graeßner, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 25th minute, Arend Bollmann managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC SCHALKE 04's supporters rose to their feet, but Arend Bollmann was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Achim Uhrig breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Thaddäus Gehrcke received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Samuel Scheck tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in FC SCHALKE 04's zone, Xerxes Graeßner stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Samuel Scheck came out of the goal and Xerxes Graeßner tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The supporters of FC SCHALKE 04 booed when Adidas SV was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Thaddäus Gehrcke didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Xerxes Graeßner came up free with the goalie in the 33rd minute, the Adidas SV 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 Xerxes Graeßner couldn't finish the play. After having played for 38 minutes, Thaddäus Gehrcke managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Adidas SV's supporters crossed their fingers, but Thaddäus Gehrcke was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Flemming Amelung sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Xerxes Graeßner might have been able to make a better finish in the 43rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Samuel Scheck. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Xerxes Graeßner ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 45th minute, Thaddäus Gehrcke got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Thaddäus Gehrcke to strike the kick off in the second half. FC SCHALKE 04's Samuel Scheck played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Oswald Pless in the 61st minute of play. Roger Wiegel charged in rather forcefully in the 63rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Roger Wiegel the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 62nd minute of the game. One of FC SCHALKE 04:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Adidas SV:s goal. The goalkeeper, Samuel Scheck, was totally fooled by Adidas SV's Marcio Brandt, who 64 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. 0-5 became the score in the 68th minute when Thaddäus Gehrcke elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. FC SCHALKE 04's Samuel Scheck proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 74th minute of the match, managed to save FC SCHALKE 04 from getting a goal against them. A collision led to FC SCHALKE 04 getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Arend Bollmann hit a great ball. Samuel Scheck showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thaddäus Gehrcke in the 76th minute of the match. Xerxes Graeßner struck a weak shot in the 83rd minute. Samuel Scheck didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Adidas SV. If Xerxes Graeßner had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Thaddäus Gehrcke sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Xerxes Graeßner fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Samuel Scheck having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Oswald Pless got free with Samuel Scheck in the 95th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Thaddäus Gehrcke sent away a hard shot on goal in the 99th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Adidas SV's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.