Official Cup

Birkenlaubstadion
Spectators: 167 (Terracing: 126, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) 3 minutes into the match, Rot-Weiss-Essen's goalkeeper August Hoffmanns had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Torsten Henning. 5 minutes had been played when some careless play by Rot-Weiss-Essen's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ghitã Pârlea was slow to take the kick. During this time SV Klingsmoos's players had a chance to rest. In the 11th minute the ball was on its way in behind Rot-Weiss-Essen's goalkeeper August Hoffmanns, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. SV Klingsmoos were awarded a corner in the 12th minute after Rot-Weiss-Essen's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Ghitã Pârlea took the corner. The corner ended in Ghitã Pârlea almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Rot-Weiss-Essen's August Hoffmanns did a great save. Rot-Weiss-Essen's August Hoffmanns played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gery Burhanuddin in the 17th minute of play. SV Klingsmoos's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ghitã Pârlea in the 20th minute. SV Klingsmoos's Ghitã Pârlea was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but August Hoffmanns in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. With splendid footwork Gery Burhanuddin arrived in front of goal to shoot 1-0 by the left pole in the game's 22nd minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gery Burhanuddin got free with August Hoffmanns in the 32nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 39th match minute, Rot-Weiss-Essen was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mesut Özil to maneuver through the defense. Gery Burhanuddin took the ball and in the 40 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised August Hoffmanns. August Hoffmanns dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-0. In the 44th minute, Gery Burhanuddin 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. A collision led to SV Klingsmoos getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Anselmo Valentine hit a great ball. After 46 played minutes, Rot-Weiss-Essen's Kryspin Banach shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Berthold Bach came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Rot-Weiss-Essen reached it. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Gery Burhanuddin to strike the kick off in the second half. Octavian Basten's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Berthold Bach read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 53rd minute of play. A collision led to Rot-Weiss-Essen getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Hakem Al Khames hit a great ball. 60 minutes into the match, SV Klingsmoos's Torsten Henning sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that August Hoffmanns narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 62nd minute Gery Burhanuddin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but August Hoffmanns saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 67th minute, Gery Burhanuddin made a precise shot to the right of August Hoffmanns. Rot-Weiss-Essen's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gery Burhanuddin in the 70th minute of play forced Rot-Weiss-Essen's goalkeeper August Hoffmanns to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 75 minutes into the match, Gery Burhanuddin notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of Rot-Weiss-Essen's August Hoffmanns. August Hoffmanns was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Octavian Basten in the 77th minute of play forced SV Klingsmoos's goalkeeper Berthold Bach to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. August Hoffmanns showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gery Burhanuddin, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. 82 minutes into the game, Gery Burhanuddin cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 6-0. August Hoffmanns was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 86th minute, Torsten Henning hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 88 minutes into the game, SV Klingsmoos's Gery Burhanuddin nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. August Hoffmanns made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 7-0. In the 91st match minute, Rot-Weiss-Essen was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hakem Al Khames to maneuver through the defense. Gery Burhanuddin scored 8-0 in the 94th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of August Hoffmanns, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The SV Klingsmoos fans cheered their team off the field, for while Rot-Weiss-Essen had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.