League

ZENIT
Spectators: 7983 (Terracing: 6033, Seating: 1850, VIP seats: 100) Gerdt Karms started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 7 minutes into the match, Zenit's goal looked a bit too open when Eyvin Prosch came free, but Bjarke Bahrendorff reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Stephan Stiegler received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Bjarke Bahrendorff tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Eyvin Prosch's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bjarke Bahrendorff was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. In the 15th minute, Lavrits Truelsholm hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Terkil Nylunds short, quick shot in the 16thth minute got Ralf Malund to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After 17 played minutes Tranekilde got a freekick which was hit by Lavrits Truelsholm. With his leg Ralf Malund managed to avoid a goal in the 20thth minute, when Zenit's Terkil Nylund fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Ralf Malund showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gerdt Karms in the 24th minute of the match. Tranekilde's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Gerdt Karms 29 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-1. In the 32nd minute, Tranekilde's Klaudius Matarese seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Klaudius Matarese the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Tranekilde protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Klaudius Matarese had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. After 32 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Tranekilde! In the 38th minute, Christian Renmark hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gerdt Karms sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Eyvin Prosch made a kick off. Bjarke Bahrendorff stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Eyvin Prosch's shot from short distance in the 58th minute. 59 minutes into the match, Gerdt Karms had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ralf Malund. Tranekilde's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gerdt Karms was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. In the 62nd minute Terkil Nylund shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ralf Malund saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 66th minute, Terkil Nylund hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Stephan Stiegler fell near the penalty area in the 69th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Tranekilde's protests and gave Stephan Stiegler a yellow card for diving instead. Tøger Hyldgaard took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 71st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Ralf Malund. Tranekilde's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Ralf Malund showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gerdt Karms in the 73rd minute of the match. With his leg Bjarke Bahrendorff managed to avoid a goal in the 78thth minute, when Tranekilde's Eyvin Prosch fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Ralf Malund didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Kim Klintsø went, in the 81st minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. In the 85th match minute, Zenit was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gerdt Karms to maneuver through the defense. In the 87th minute Arne Buchholz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bjarke Bahrendorff saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Eyvin Prosch fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bjarke Bahrendorff having to interfere. Ralf Malund showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Terkil Nylund, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. Zenit were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Tranekilde for a fine match.