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Hinterhölzer Höfe
Spectators: 6594 (Terracing: 5594, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Stephan Meister showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ole Nergert, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. After 8 minutes, Stanislaus Bronnert mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Hinterhölzer Höfe and the FC Hofmühle players grew even worse after the yellow card. The referee gave FC Hofmühle a penalty, 9 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Kai Falke, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Hinterhölzer Höfe's Stephan Meister. 0-1. If Rainald Gottwald had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sergio Kirchner's late challenge caught a Hinterhölzer Höfe's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sergio Kirchner helped the player get up and apologised. Sergio Kirchner kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. A hard shot by Vasili Fuhrmann from long distance, 15 minutes into the match, got Nikolaos Philipp's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. In the 19th minute of the match, Rainald Gottwald tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Nikolaos Philipp saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Mustafa Selke fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nikolaos Philipp having to interfere. 23 minutes into the match, FC Hofmühle's goalkeeper Nikolaos Philipp had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Mustafa Selke. After a defensive mix-up in FC Hofmühle's zone, Rainald Gottwald stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nikolaos Philipp came out of the goal and Rainald Gottwald tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Hinterhölzer Höfe's Stephan Meister played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sergio Kirchner in the 28th minute of play. A collision led to FC Hofmühle getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Ernst Russok hit a great ball. 44 minutes into the match, Reimo Boehme had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Stephan Meister. Hinterhölzer Höfe's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Reimo Boehme was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Reimo Boehme made a kick off. If Mustafa Selke had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nikolaos Philipp made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rainald Gottwald in the 53rd minute of play. Rainald Gottwald's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Nikolaos Philipp read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 54th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Mustafa Selke's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nikolaos Philipp was relentless in the 59th minute of the game. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ole Nergert got free with Stephan Meister in the 60th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Reimo Boehme received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Stephan Meister tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dieter Neuss hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. Rainald Gottwald received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Nikolaos Philipp tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The Hinterhölzer Höfe fans' excitement grew in the 93rd match minute when Hinterhölzer Höfe's Rainald Gottwald looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched FC Hofmühle eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.