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Lobenstein
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ingo Middelberg started the match with the kick off. Wilfried Goldberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ingo Middelberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Lobenstein's Ingo Middelberg in the 4th minute got a chance for a shot 4th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC Trani's goalie prevented a goal. When Ingo Middelberg came up free with the goalie in the 5th minute, the Lobenstein 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 Ingo Middelberg couldn't finish the play. When Lobenstein's Ingo Middelberg in the 8th minute got a chance for a shot 8th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC Trani's goalie prevented a goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 9th minute, Ingo Middelberg managed to get in a good position for a shot. Lobenstein's supporters rose to their feet, but Ingo Middelberg was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Wilfried Goldberg breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Fred Rieker fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Wilfried Goldberg having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Ingo Middelberg's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Wilfried Goldberg was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 15th minute of the game. One of Lobenstein:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of FC Trani:s goal. In the 17th minute there was a penalty for FC Trani. Balko Hoppen stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Franz-Peter Käppele. 0-1. Ingo Middelberg in the 28thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Wilfried Goldberg, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Arthur Alt's late challenge caught a Lobenstein's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Arthur Alt helped the player get up and apologised. Arthur Alt hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. Ingo Middelberg sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 31st minute Ingo Middelberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wilfried Goldberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 32nd match minute, FC Trani was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arthur Alt to maneuver through the defense. Wilhelm Noth received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Franz-Peter Käppele tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Wilhelm Noth succeeded in the game's 37th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-2. Wilfried Goldberg didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ingo Middelberg went, in the 41st minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Lobenstein's Ingo Middelberg got a good chance for a goal in the 47th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Wilhelm Noth to strike the kick off in the second half. Wilfried Goldberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Olav Ginsberg in the 52nd minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in FC Trani's zone, Ingo Middelberg stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Wilfried Goldberg came out of the goal and Ingo Middelberg tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eckard Jung in the 60th minute of play forced FC Trani's goalkeeper Wilfried Goldberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 64th minute, Dominik Doll hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Fred Rieker struck a weak shot in the 65th minute. Wilfried Goldberg didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Lobenstein. After some careless play in the FC Trani defense, Ingo Middelberg kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Wilfried Goldberg. The FC Trani fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Wilfried Goldberg should have stopped the shot. In the 78th minute, Ingo Middelberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. FC Trani's Wilfried Goldberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fred Rieker in the 81st minute of play. In the 85th minute, Fred Rieker hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 88th minute, Wilhelm Noth 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 some fancy dribbling in the 90th minute, Arthur Alt managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Trani's supporters rose to their feet, but Arthur Alt was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Franz-Peter Käppele breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 92nd minute, Felix Frey hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 96th minute Ingo Middelberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wilfried Goldberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lobenstein were unable to convert their possession into goals, allowing FC Trani to leave the ground with a draw.