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Saase Arena
Spectators: 8460 (Terracing: 6346, Seating: 1945, VIP seats: 169) After 5 minutes, Joseph Breyer mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the hoherkrauz and the Saase Dynamite players grew even worse after the yellow card. Joseph Breyer hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. Reggie Larkin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Dustin Niemöller tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ari Domes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Julius Beuschlein in the 8th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Julius Beuschlein in the 8th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ari Domes saved Saase Dynamite from getting behind. In the 10th minute of the match, Norbert Banse tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Dustin Niemöller saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 12th minute Fedor Bohnhorst shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ari Domes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Norbert Banse fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dustin Niemöller having to interfere. Dustin Niemöller made an important save on a dangerous shot by Reggie Larkin in the 16th minute. After 20 played minutes hoherkrauz got a freekick which was hit by Joseph Breyer. Norbert Banse fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dustin Niemöller having to interfere. In the 25th minute, Norbert Banse 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. 29 minutes into the match, Saase Dynamite's goal looked a bit too open when Fedor Bohnhorst came free, but Ari Domes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Norbert Banse fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dustin Niemöller having to interfere. Joseph Breyer was shown his second yellow card after 33 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Ari Domes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Manuel Jagemann in the 41st minute of the match. A nice corner shot did that Johannes Plappert got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Ari Domes quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Konstantin Vieten recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 45th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Reggie Larkin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Fedor Bohnhorst to make the kick off. In the 61st minute Konstantin Vieten shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dustin Niemöller saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Saase Dynamite's Sirius Kuhn was substituted for Reggie Larkin. After a defensive mix-up in hoherkrauz's zone, Norbert Banse stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dustin Niemöller came out of the goal and Norbert Banse tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Norbert Banse in the 73rd minute of play forced hoherkrauz's goalkeeper Dustin Niemöller to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Saase Dynamite's Sirius Kuhn got a good chance for a goal in the 76th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Saase Dynamite's Viktor Greshake was substituted for Alejandro Manni. In the 79th match minute, hoherkrauz was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Boris Senftleben to maneuver through the defense. In the 81st minute, Manuel Jagemann hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to hoherkrauz getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Alfons Weihs hit a great ball. In the 85th minute, Julius Beuschlein hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dustin Niemöller took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Raimar Niebler, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Saase Dynamite's Konstantin Vieten got a free kick in the 87th minute. Ari Domes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fedor Bohnhorst in the 94th minute of the match. When Norbert Banse came up free with the goalie in the 97th minute, the Saase Dynamite fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Norbert Banse couldn't finish the play.