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AWD Arena
Spectators: 7560 (Terracing: 5686, Seating: 1744, VIP seats: 130) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Eike Dammer kicked off to start the match. Larry Schira took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eike Dammer, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Larry Schira made a fantastic save in the 15th minute, when Eike Dammer sent off a good shot on target. Friedbert Hemling received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Larry Schira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 19th minute, Friedbert Hemling 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. Eike Dammers short, quick shot in the 23rdth minute got Larry Schira to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 25 minutes into the game, Tarkan Tiedemann threw the ball into play from the sideline. FC Hannover's Jindrich Münstermann quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. After 27 minutes of play, FC Hannover's Eike Dammer made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Larry Schira was left in no man's land by his defense there! After having played for 30 minutes, Eike Dammer managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Hannover's supporters crossed their fingers, but Eike Dammer was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Eike Dammer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Larry Schira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 33 minutes into the match, Otze's goalkeeper Larry Schira had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Friedbert Hemling. Friedbert Hemling received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Larry Schira came out and tried to block the shot, but Friedbert Hemling slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 35th minute. Larry Schira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Friedbert Hemling, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. Otze's Larry Schira played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eike Dammer in the 41st minute of play. Otze's Larry Schira played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Friedbert Hemling in the 44th minute of play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Lemmy Brandner to make the kick off. Jindrich Münstermann sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Eike Dammer struck a weak shot in the 57th minute. Larry Schira didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for FC Hannover. Jindrich Münstermann sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Eike Dammer's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Larry Schira was relentless in the 62nd minute of the game. In the 64th minute, Lemmy Brandner reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Romano Burgmeier. The goal made the score 2-1. Larry Schira came out of the goal in the 67th minute to try and stop a shot by FC Hannover's Friedbert Hemling. But to his dismay, Friedbert Hemling quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. When FC Hannover's Eike Dammer in the 76th minute got a chance for a shot 76th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Otze's goalie prevented a goal. Otze's Larry Schira played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lutz Abel in the 78th minute of play. Eike Dammer sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. FC Hannover made a substitution. Sebastian Sailer replaced Eike Dammer. Otze's Larry Schira played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Henning Biskup in the 83rd minute of play. Larry Schira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Henning Biskup, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. Larry Schira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Henning Biskup, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. Larry Schira took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sebastian Sailer, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 92nd minute Sebastian Sailer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Larry Schira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 94 minutes into the game, FC Hannover's Hartmut Möller nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Larry Schira made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-1.