Official Cup

Sauerland Arena
Spectators: 158 (Terracing: 119, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Erkan Fostiropoulos started the match with the kick off. Helmut Malinowski kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 13th minute, Erkan Fostiropoulos managed to get in a good position for a shot. Rot-Weiss-Essen's supporters rose to their feet, but Erkan Fostiropoulos was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Merten Schütz breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Merten Schütz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Björn Mokros in the 18th minute of the match. Uwe Ziege showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wolfgang Burgmeier in the 20th minute of the match. Rot-Weiss-Essen's Uwe Ziege played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wolfgang Burgmeier in the 22nd minute of play. Birk Tritz's late challenge caught a Blau Weiß Sauerland's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Birk Tritz helped the player get up and apologised. In the 22nd minute, Birk Tritz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the Blau Weiß Sauerland defense, Björn Mokros kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Merten Schütz. The Blau Weiß Sauerland fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Merten Schütz should have stopped the shot. In the 28thth minute of the game Elmar Assing who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Blau Weiß Sauerland's Merten Schütz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Jerome Pflügge charged in rather forcefully in the 34th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jerome Pflügge the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. When Rot-Weiss-Essen's Elmar Assing in the 37th minute got a chance for a shot 37th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Blau Weiß Sauerland's goalie prevented a goal. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Günther Josef to make the kick off. In the 51st minute, Birk Tritz had to leave the field with a concussion. Günther Josef charged in rather forcefully in the 51st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Günther Josef the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Rot-Weiss-Essen made a substitution. Florian Hagen replaced Birk Tritz. A collision led to Blau Weiß Sauerland getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Günther Josef hit a great ball. Elmar Assing who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 55thth minute tested the skills of Merten Schütz when he managed to save the team from getting behind. After a rather tough play, Rot-Weiss-Essen's Ebbo Böse got a free kick in the 57th minute. 62 minutes into the match, Elmar Assing notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Blau Weiß Sauerland's Merten Schütz. Merten Schütz was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 65th match minute, Rot-Weiss-Essen was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ebbo Böse to maneuver through the defense. In the 67th match minute, Blau Weiß Sauerland was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jerome Pflügge to maneuver through the defense. Elmar Assing took the ball and in the 68 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Merten Schütz. Merten Schütz dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. In the 73rd minute, Ebbo Böse hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 76th minute Günther Josef shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Uwe Ziege saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Blau Weiß Sauerland's Owen Pensky got a free kick in the 78th minute. Ebbo Böse sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Florian Hagen charged in rather forcefully in the 89th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Florian Hagen the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 89th match minute, Rot-Weiss-Essen was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Florian Hagen to maneuver through the defense. Uwe Ziege showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Matthew Bergermann, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. Uwe Ziege took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Günther Josef, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.