Prized/Friendly Cup

Zeche Zollverein
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Duško Turnšek started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Björn Mokros sent away a hard shot on goal in the 2nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 4 minutes into the game, HIT Gorica's Zlatko Goričan nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Uwe Ziege made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Ivo Claus sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Rot-Weiss-Essen getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Vasco Jackisch hit a great ball. A collision led to Rot-Weiss-Essen getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Maurizio Brink hit a great ball. After 16th play minutes Björn Mokros shot 1-1, a short shot which went by Konstantin Pančur and just under the crossbar into goal. Venancio Abalos kicked well hit freekick during the 18th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Duško Turnšek in the 27th minute of play forced Rot-Weiss-Essen's goalkeeper Uwe Ziege to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. László Tar took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 30th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Uwe Ziege. Rot-Weiss-Essen's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Konstantin Pančur made a fantastic save in the 32nd minute, when Maurizio Brink sent off a good shot on target. Uwe Ziege showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zlatko Goričan, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. Hannes Kapell's late challenge caught a HIT Gorica's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hannes Kapell helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Rot-Weiss-Essen getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Hannes Kapell hit a great ball. Uwe Ziege showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Venancio Abalos, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. Uwe Ziege took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Duško Turnšek, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After the first half HIT Gorica were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ivo Claus stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The supporters of HIT Gorica booed when Rot-Weiss-Essen was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 50 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ivo Claus didn't get a good kick on the ball. When HIT Gorica's Duško Turnšek in the 54th minute got a chance for a shot 54th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Rot-Weiss-Essen's goalie prevented a goal. In the 55thth minute of the game Duško Turnšek who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Rot-Weiss-Essen's Uwe Ziege was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After having played for 56 minutes, Zlatko Goričan managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. HIT Gorica's supporters crossed their fingers, but Zlatko Goričan was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Rot-Weiss-Essen's Uwe Ziege proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 59th minute of the match, managed to save Rot-Weiss-Essen from getting a goal against them. After 62 minutes, Zlatko Goričan mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the HIT Gorica and the Rot-Weiss-Essen players grew even worse after the yellow card. Zlatko Goričan kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. The supporters of Rot-Weiss-Essen booed when HIT Gorica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zlatko Goričan didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jernej Petrovič sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Rot-Weiss-Essen getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Florian Hagen hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zlatko Goričan in the 76th minute of play forced Rot-Weiss-Essen's goalkeeper Uwe Ziege to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Uwe Ziege made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zlatko Goričan in the 78th minute of play. Konstantin Pančur didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Björn Mokros went, in the 79th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. Rot-Weiss-Essen's Uwe Ziege proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 83rd minute of the match, managed to save Rot-Weiss-Essen from getting a goal against them. Uwe Ziege made an important save on a dangerous shot by Wlodzimierz Wlodyga in the 86th minute. 90 minutes had been played when some careless play by Rot-Weiss-Essen's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Istok Šabotić was slow to take the kick. During this time HIT Gorica's players had a chance to rest. The corner led HIT Gorica's Istok Šabotić to a score. 2-3 in the 90th minute. Ivo Claus sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match was over HIT Gorica could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Rot-Weiss-Essen throughout the match.