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Nettesheim Sportfeld
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) FC Kusel's Sergej Maluga started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Xerxes Hauffen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Steffen Minschke, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Nettesheim booed when FC Kusel was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bernd Scholze didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 12 played minutes FC Kusel got a freekick which was hit by Siegfried Hug. An unexpected shot in the 13th minute by Steffen Minschke got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Horst Starke's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 13thth minute, Xerxes Hauffen skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Obbo Rack received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Richart Rübin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nettesheim's Richart Rübin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sergej Maluga in the 20th minute of play. In the 21st minute, Ignatius Wolf hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the Nettesheim defense, Sergej Maluga kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Richart Rübin. The Nettesheim fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Richart Rübin should have stopped the shot. Richart Rübin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Obbo Rack, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Richart Rübin stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sergej Maluga's shot from short distance in the 32nd minute. A collision led to Nettesheim getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Conni Krankenbroker hit a great ball. In the 36th minute, Obbo Rack left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Kusel fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Steffen Minschke in the 39th minute of play forced FC Kusel's goalkeeper Xerxes Hauffen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 40thth minute of the game Sergej Maluga who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Nettesheim's Richart Rübin was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Obbo Rack sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Richart Rübin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Obbo Rack in the 47th minute of the match. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Steffen Minschke stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, Nettesheim's goalkeeper Richart Rübin had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Obbo Rack. Steffen Minschke took the ball and in the 55 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Xerxes Hauffen. Xerxes Hauffen dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. A collision led to FC Kusel getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Bastiaan Trube hit a great ball. In the 59th minute of the match Raffael Ullmann sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Xerxes Hauffen skillfully saved the ball. Horst Starke might have been able to make a better finish in the 61st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Xerxes Hauffen. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Horst Starke ran back to his position shaking his head. Xerxes Hauffen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Steffen Minschke, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. FC Kusel's Xerxes Hauffen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Steffen Minschke in the 64th minute of play. Xerxes Hauffen took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Steffen Minschke, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sergej Maluga in the 68th minute of play forced Nettesheim's goalkeeper Richart Rübin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tom Bentin kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Horst Starke in the 74th minute of play forced FC Kusel's goalkeeper Xerxes Hauffen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Richart Rübin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sergej Maluga, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sergej Maluga fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Richart Rübin having to interfere. 2-2 became the score in the 81st minute when Steffen Minschke elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Steffen Minschke hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match.