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Spectators: 5055 (Terracing: 4040, Seating: 1010, VIP seats: 5) Martin Borth started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. The supporters of Bayreuth booed when FC Düzce was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Timotheus Basemann didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dieter Thiesen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dirk Rissmann, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. If Ennio Peleikis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Daniele Besser charged in rather forcefully in the 19th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Daniele Besser the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Bayreuth getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Daniele Besser hit a great ball. If Christian Holzfuß had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ennio Peleikis in the 23rd minute of play forced Bayreuth's goalkeeper Dieter Thiesen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 27 minutes, Dirk Rissmann made it 0-2 with a short kick to the right side. Bayreuth's Dieter Thiesen tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mathis Meißel got free with Johannes Abdelwahab in the 37th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Ennio Peleikis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 46th minute, Christian Holzfuß managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Düzce's supporters rose to their feet, but Christian Holzfuß was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dieter Thiesen breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.

The wind increased when Dirk Rissmann made the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute Martin Borth shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Johannes Abdelwahab saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. FC Düzce's Dirk Rissmann got a good chance for a goal in the 57th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Timotheus Basemann got his second yellow card in the match during the 60th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Timotheus Basemann hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Henning Lohse's late challenge caught a Bayreuth's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Henning Lohse helped the player get up and apologised. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 62nd minute of the game. One of FC Düzce:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Bayreuth:s goal. FC Düzce:s Johannes Abdelwahab showed great skill when he stopped Sébastien Gewalt:s penalty. 64 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC Düzce's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Sébastien Gewalt was slow to take the kick. During this time Bayreuth's players had a chance to rest. In the 78th match minute, Bayreuth was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Atze Hofheinz to maneuver through the defense. In the 80th minute Martin Borth shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Johannes Abdelwahab saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mathis Meißel in the 85th minute of play forced FC Düzce's goalkeeper Johannes Abdelwahab to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Martin Borth had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 89th minute, Martin Borth managed to get in a good position for a shot. Bayreuth's supporters rose to their feet, but Martin Borth was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Johannes Abdelwahab breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 93 minutes into the match, FC Düzce's Christian Holzfuß sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Dieter Thiesen narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 94th minute, Dirk Rissmann reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Dieter Thiesen. The goal made the score 0-3. FC Düzce played a much better game than Bayreuth and deserved their victory. The Bayreuth players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.