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Loherberg Sportfeld
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Sergej Maluga got the match started through his kick off. 5 minutes into the match, Emiliano Spickenreither had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Xerxes Hauffen. FC Kusel's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Emiliano Spickenreither was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Adrian Wöhrl fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Xerxes Hauffen having to interfere. After 14 played minutes Bannemin got a freekick which was hit by Peter Kunger. In the 25th minute, Tom Bentin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 30th minute Emiliano Spickenreither shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Xerxes Hauffen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bernd Scholze got free with Gerrit Zurcher in the 38th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Gerrit Zurcher showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sergej Maluga in the 41st minute of the match. Emiliano Spickenreither received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Xerxes Hauffen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sergej Maluga received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Gerrit Zurcher tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Emiliano Spickenreither to strike the kick off in the second half. Lars Brüning fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gerrit Zurcher having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lars Brüning in the 52nd minute of play forced Bannemin's goalkeeper Gerrit Zurcher to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Bannemin getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Achim Neuschwander hit a great ball. FC Kusel's Lars Brüning got a good chance for a goal in the 54th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Winfried Mouratidis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 58th minute of the match, but Xerxes Hauffen made a huge save. 60 minutes into the match, Bannemin's goal looked a bit too open when Lars Brüning came free, but Gerrit Zurcher reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 64th minute, Lars Brüning 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. If Sergej Maluga had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 79th match minute, FC Kusel was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tom Bentin to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bastiaan Trube in the 81st minute of play forced Bannemin's goalkeeper Gerrit Zurcher to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 83 minutes Bannemin's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Siegfried Hug who took care of the corner kick. After a rather tough play, FC Kusel's Bastian Ebbing got a free kick in the 85th minute. If Lars Brüning had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the FC Kusel players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.