League Play-Off

Bettenhagen
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Bettenhagen's Pieter Schubert 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. Prodromos Karatzas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rüdiger Huber, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Caspar Zander had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Albrecht Kowalke kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Bettenhagen's Werner Traband got a free kick in the 11th minute. In the 14th minute the ball was on its way in behind Italia.1.FCKaiserslautern's goalkeeper Uwe Ziege, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. A collision led to Italia.1.FCKaiserslautern getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Rüdiger Huber hit a great ball. Uwe Ziege showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pieter Schubert, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. 17 minutes into the game, Gunnar Forsberg was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Italia.1.FCKaiserslautern's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Bettenhagen the free kick. After a rather tough play, Italia.1.FCKaiserslautern's Gunnar Forsberg got a free kick in the 17th minute. 20 minutes into the game, Manuel Sansone cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Prodromos Karatzas was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 27 played minutes Bettenhagen got a freekick which was hit by Werner Traband. Italia.1.FCKaiserslautern's Uwe Ziege played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pieter Schubert in the 30th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 37th minute, Albrecht Kowalke managed to get in a good position for a shot. Italia.1.FCKaiserslautern's supporters rose to their feet, but Albrecht Kowalke was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Prodromos Karatzas breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Prodromos Karatzas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rogério Vides, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

Gunnar Forsberg was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 53 minutes into the match. After 52 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Italia.1.FCKaiserslautern! The referee gave Bettenhagen a penalty, 55 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Pieter Schubert, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Italia.1.FCKaiserslautern's Uwe Ziege. 1-1. Uwe Ziege showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pieter Schubert, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. Prodromos Karatzas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Güneş Sezgi, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Prodromos Karatzas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Albrecht Kowalke in the 69th minute. Rogério Vides's late challenge caught a Bettenhagen's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rogério Vides helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Bettenhagen's Nils Schimpf got a free kick in the 77th minute. The audience cheered when Manuel Sansone's long shot passed Prodromos Karatzas's right side. It was 1-2, 78 minutes into the match. Humberto Lugo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Kilian Fulda fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Prodromos Karatzas having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rüdiger Huber in the 85th minute of play forced Bettenhagen's goalkeeper Prodromos Karatzas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 85 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Italia.1.FCKaiserslautern's Rüdiger Huber fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. Rogério Vides fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Prodromos Karatzas having to interfere. When the match was over Italia.1.FCKaiserslautern could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Bettenhagen throughout the match.