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Helmeringhausen
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Lars Ruchay got the match started through his kick off. 3 minutes into the match, Oka Herbst notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Schmarloh FC's Armando Hopp. Armando Hopp was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Torben Langbein received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Armando Hopp tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Alfons Doetsch showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lars Ruchay, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Lars Ruchay sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 15th minute, Birger Blome hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lars Ruchay struck a weak shot in the 18th minute. Alfons Doetsch didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Schmarloh FC. Armando Hopp showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Oka Herbst in the 22nd minute of the match. Armando Hopp showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Oka Herbst, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. Oka Herbst fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Armando Hopp having to interfere. Torben Langbeins short, quick shot in the 30thth minute got Armando Hopp to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After having played for 32 minutes, Lars Ruchay managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Schmarloh FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Lars Ruchay was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Armando Hopp took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Oka Herbst, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Oka Herbst fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Armando Hopp having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Oka Herbst made the kick off in the second half. Oka Herbst fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Armando Hopp having to interfere. If Oka Herbst had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 54 minutes of play, Helmeringhausen's Torben Langbein made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Armando Hopp was left in no man's land by his defense there! 58 minutes into the match, Helmeringhausen's Oka Herbst sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Armando Hopp narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 60 played minutes Helmeringhausen got a freekick which was hit by Torben Langbein. In the 61st minute, one of Helmeringhausen:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Helmeringhausen. In the 63rd minute, Schmarloh FC got a penalty, and Olaf Suchanek placed the ball unsaveable into goal, by the right post. Ciriaco Braak ter sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Oka Herbst's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Armando Hopp was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. 78 minutes into the match, Torben Langbein had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Armando Hopp. Schmarloh FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Torben Langbein was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. 84 minutes into the match, Helmeringhausen's Oka Herbst sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Armando Hopp narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Eibo Alt's late challenge caught a Helmeringhausen's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Eibo Alt helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Helmeringhausen booed when Schmarloh FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eibo Alt didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 88th minute of the match Felipe Rahm shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Armando Hopp showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 92nd match minute, Schmarloh FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marc-Dominic Zichmann to maneuver through the defense. Armando Hopp showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Oka Herbst in the 93rd minute of the match. In the 96thth minute of the game Torben Langbein who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Schmarloh FC's Armando Hopp was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 99thth minute of the game Oka Herbst who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Schmarloh FC's Armando Hopp was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Helmeringhausen fans cheered their team off the field, for while Schmarloh FC had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.