Official Cup

BigBalls Bowlas
Spectators: 149 (Terracing: 112, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Nerijus Urniežius got the match started through his kick off. After 5 minutes of play, Rot-Weiss-Essen's Octavian Basten made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rūtenis Vaičiūnas was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 9th minute Octavian Basten shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rūtenis Vaičiūnas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Irmantas Želvys hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. Anestis Kotsopoulos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Rūtenis Vaičiūnas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 14 minutes into the match, BigBalls's goal looked a bit too open when Mesut Özil came free, but Rūtenis Vaičiūnas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rūtenis Vaičiūnas stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Mesut Özil's shot from short distance in the 14th minute. BigBalls's Rūtenis Vaičiūnas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hugo Haupt in the 16th minute of play. Rūtenis Vaičiūnas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hugo Haupt, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. Rūtenis Vaičiūnas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Octavian Basten, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. After a rather tough play, BigBalls's Lukas Šimkus got a free kick in the 21st minute. Rūtenis Vaičiūnas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Octavian Basten in the 22nd minute of the match. Anestis Kotsopoulos took the ball and in the 28 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Rūtenis Vaičiūnas. Rūtenis Vaičiūnas dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. Tonin Zogu hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. Maximilian Henning shot a long shot in the 32nd minute and a light blocked Rūtenis Vaičiūnas hadn't a chance when the ball went into goal on his right side. It was 0-4. Rūtenis Vaičiūnas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hugo Haupt, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. BigBalls's Rūtenis Vaičiūnas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mesut Özil in the 37th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Octavian Basten in the 39th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rūtenis Vaičiūnas saved BigBalls from getting behind. After 43 minutes, Apoena Llinares mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the BigBalls and the Rot-Weiss-Essen players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 43 played minutes BigBalls got a freekick which was hit by Apoena Llinares. Rūtenis Vaičiūnas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anestis Kotsopoulos in the 44th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Octavian Basten in the 46th minute of play forced BigBalls's goalkeeper Rūtenis Vaičiūnas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rūtenis Vaičiūnas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mesut Özil, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. Disappointed in the 0-5 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 Octavian Basten to make the kick off. Rūtenis Vaičiūnas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Octavian Basten in the 55th minute. After 56 played minutes BigBalls got a freekick which was hit by Apoena Llinares. 58 minutes into the match, BigBalls's goal looked a bit too open when Maximilian Henning came free, but Rūtenis Vaičiūnas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 60 minutes into the match, BigBalls's goal looked a bit too open when Octavian Basten came free, but Rūtenis Vaičiūnas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. During the 62nd minute of the match Irmantas Želvys completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Irmantas Želvys a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. The supporters of Rot-Weiss-Essen booed when BigBalls was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Irmantas Želvys didn't get a good kick on the ball. Rūtenis Vaičiūnas made a fantastic save in the 65th minute, when Hugo Haupt sent off a good shot on target. Rūtenis Vaičiūnas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Octavian Basten went, in the 69th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-6 was the resulting score. Rūtenis Vaičiūnas came out of the goal in the 73rd minute to try and stop a shot by Rot-Weiss-Essen's Hugo Haupt. But to his dismay, Hugo Haupt quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-7. In the 76th match minute, BigBalls was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Thor Browald to maneuver through the defense. BigBalls's Rūtenis Vaičiūnas proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 78th minute of the match, managed to save BigBalls from getting a goal against them. Benas Čepas hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mesut Özil in the 84th minute of play forced BigBalls's goalkeeper Rūtenis Vaičiūnas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 85th minute, Mesut Özil left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Rot-Weiss-Essen fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-8. The audience thought a goal was coming when Hugo Haupt got free with Rūtenis Vaičiūnas in the 88th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Octavian Basten in the 90th minute of play forced BigBalls's goalkeeper Rūtenis Vaičiūnas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tonin Zogu kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. 94 minutes into the match, BigBalls's goal looked a bit too open when Anestis Kotsopoulos came free, but Rūtenis Vaičiūnas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the final whistle sounded Rot-Weiss-Essen left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than BigBalls.