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Diego A Maradona
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Aureliano Karlo made the kick off and thus started the match. With 12 minutes on the clock, Jörg Hannemann commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. After 12 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Hertha 1969! The goalkeeper, Rune Jarstein, was totally fooled by Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's Aureliano Karlo, who 15 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's Roberto Eztebe played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gunter Waller in the 18th minute of play. A collision led to Hertha 1969 getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Nertil Maldini hit a great ball. After 25 minutes Hertha 1969's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Dawid Beckham who took care of the corner kick. After 27 played minutes Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ got a freekick which was hit by Dawid Beckham. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tomáš Pluháček in the 30th minute of play forced Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's goalkeeper Roberto Eztebe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rune Jarstein stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Aureliano Karlo's shot from short distance in the 32nd minute. Rune Jarstein didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 34th minute, which inside left pole to 2-0. Romulo Abilio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Aureliano Karlo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

In the 60th match minute, Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Thiago Silva to maneuver through the defense. Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's Julien Staffelbach was substituted for Aureliano Karlo. Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ made a substitution. Christoff Stocks replaced Romulo Abilio. Hertha 1969's Rune Jarstein played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Julien Staffelbach in the 79th minute of play. Benedikt Bensch charged in rather forcefully in the 89th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Benedikt Bensch the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 89th match minute, Hertha 1969 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Benedikt Bensch to maneuver through the defense. 92 minutes into the game, Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's Julien Staffelbach nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Rune Jarstein made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. In the 95th minute Christoff Stocks shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rune Jarstein saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 97 minutes had been played when some careless play by Hertha 1969's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Dawid Beckham was slow to take the kick. During this time Ⓕⓤⓢⓘⓞⓝ ⒻⒸ's players had a chance to rest. Hertha 1969's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.