Friendly League

ESPRESSO
Spectators: 52 (Terracing: 39, Seating: 12, VIP seats: 1) In the 8thth minute of the game Wilhelm Nienhaus who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but LavAzzA's Iwan Lepucki was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Iwan Lepucki made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kristian Oswald in the 10th minute of play. Hertha 1969 were awarded a corner in the 12th minute after LavAzzA's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Zé Paulo da Silva took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Zé Paulo da Silva got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Iwan Lepucki quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Iwan Lepucki showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kristian Oswald in the 18th minute of the match. Iwan Lepucki showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zé Paulo da Silva in the 22nd minute of the match. Gaudencio Lekubegi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Rune Jarstein made a fantastic save in the 24th minute, when Gaudencio Lekubegi sent off a good shot on target. In the 27th minute Zé Paulo da Silva shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iwan Lepucki saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 27th minute Zé Paulo da Silva shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iwan Lepucki saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 29 minutes into the match, Tomáš Pluháček had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Iwan Lepucki. LavAzzA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tomáš Pluháček was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Iwan Lepucki showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kristian Oswald in the 31st minute of the match. After 31 minutes of play, Hertha 1969's Kristian Oswald made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Iwan Lepucki was left in no man's land by his defense there! After some careless play in the LavAzzA defense, Kristian Oswald kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Iwan Lepucki. The LavAzzA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Iwan Lepucki should have stopped the shot. Rune Jarstein was out of position in the 41 minute of play, and Gaudencio Lekubegi capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Gaudencio Lekubegi really showed his touch with that goal: 1-4. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-5.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Gaudencio Lekubegi made a kick off. In the 51st match minute, LavAzzA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ingar Holden to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Gaudencio Lekubegi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rune Jarstein was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. Rune Jarstein stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gaudencio Lekubegi's shot from short distance in the 56th minute. In the 59th minute, Kuno Kubin hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Wilhelm Nienhauss short, quick shot in the 61stth minute got Iwan Lepucki to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Tomáš Pluháček sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 71 played minutes LavAzzA got a freekick which was hit by Di Ao Shi. LavAzzA's Neron Veterini was substituted for Kuno Kubin. LavAzzA's Gilbert Amsler was substituted for Di Ao Shi. After 73 played minutes LavAzzA got a freekick which was hit by Di Ao Shi. Iwan Lepucki made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zé Paulo da Silva in the 73rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rupert Heidingsfelder in the 79th minute of play forced LavAzzA's goalkeeper Iwan Lepucki to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Iwan Lepucki was a little too slow when Kristian Oswald got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 80th minute. The score was now 1-6. Iwan Lepucki took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rupert Heidingsfelder, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 85 minutes into the match, Gaudencio Lekubegi had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rune Jarstein. Hertha 1969's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gaudencio Lekubegi was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-6. The Hertha 1969 supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Hertha 1969 would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.