League Play-Off

Zeche Zollverein
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Jürgen Kronenberg got the match started through his kick off. Bernd Neuss showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mario Bernhauer in the 3rd minute of the match. Rot-Weiss-Essen's Tarik Albermann played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jürgen Kronenberg in the 4th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Andreas Teichmann kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Bernd Neuss. That made the score 1-0 in the 7 minute of play. Bernd Neuss took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ansgar Küpper-Adebisi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thanks to some nice moves Andreas Teichmann could shoot a difficult shot in the 16th minute, which Bernd Neuss however easily saved by the left post. Bernd Neuss showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mario Bernhauer, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Bernd Neuss showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mario Bernhauer in the 20th minute of the match. Bernd Neuss showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mario Bernhauer, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Maximilian Henning got free with Bernd Neuss in the 25th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 30th minute Ansgar Küpper-Adebisi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bernd Neuss saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gavin Jantz scored 2-1 in the 32nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tarik Albermann, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mario Bernhauer in the 42nd minute of play forced FC Black Sea 61's goalkeeper Bernd Neuss to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bernd Neuss took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mario Bernhauer, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 47 minutes into the game, Andreas Teichmann cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Bernd Neuss was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-1 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Mario Bernhauer to strike the kick off in the second half. Bernd Neuss took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Maximilian Henning, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mario Bernhauer took the ball and in the 59 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Bernd Neuss. Bernd Neuss dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-1. 63 minutes into the match, FC Black Sea 61's goal looked a bit too open when Mario Bernhauer came free, but Bernd Neuss reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bernd Neuss didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Rot-Weiss-Essen's Maximilian Henning shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 6-1 in the ordered_time% minute. 79 minutes into the match, FC Black Sea 61's goal looked a bit too open when Maximilian Henning came free, but Bernd Neuss reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. FC Black Sea 61's Bernd Neuss played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maximilian Henning in the 83rd minute of play. 85 minutes into the game, Mario Bernhauer cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 7-1. Bernd Neuss was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The supporters of Rot-Weiss-Essen booed when FC Black Sea 61 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. Daniel Kiefer didn't get a good kick on the ball. Bernd Neuss didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mario Bernhauer went, in the 89th minute, to the upper right corner, 8-1 was the resulting score. In the 92nd minute, Jürgen Kronenberg 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. 96 minutes into the game, Maximilian Henning cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 9-1. Bernd Neuss was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Rot-Weiss-Essen walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.