National cup

National stadium
Spectators: 1028 (Terracing: 772, Seating: 236, VIP seats: 20) Igor Lamashkevich started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Germany's Nikolaus Staffelt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pavel Kamenich in the 8th minute of play. In the 9th minute of the match Belarus got a corner. Germany's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Pavel Kamenich ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Arkady Bulatav almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Germany's Nikolaus Staffelt did a great save. Nikolaus Staffelt didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Aleksandr Yakovenko went, in the 11th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. The audience thought a goal was coming when Edmund Dirks got free with Zenon Erkovich in the 14th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 15th minute Germany were awarded a corner. Felix Hazard went to the cornerflag to take it. With a little luck, Belarus's Zenon Erkovich got control of the ball when Leander Vöge tried to sneak it across the goal line. 19 minutes into the match, Igor Lamashkevich had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nikolaus Staffelt. Germany's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Igor Lamashkevich was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. In the 23rd minute, Germany's Lucas Laschke dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-2. Liavon Kuzmich sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Germany's Nikolaus Staffelt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Liavon Kuzmich in the 30th minute of play. Germany's Nikolaus Staffelt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Liavon Kuzmich in the 31st minute of play. In the 32nd minute of the match Belarus got a corner. Germany's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Pavel Kamenich ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 33rd minute, Vladimir Papkov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Zenon Erkovich made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Felix Hazard in the 37th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edmund Dirks in the 40th minute of play forced Belarus's goalkeeper Zenon Erkovich to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lucas Laschke in the 42ndth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Zenon Erkovich, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. After some careless play in the Belarus defense, Felix Hazard kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Zenon Erkovich. The Belarus fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Zenon Erkovich should have stopped the shot. 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 3-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Lucas Laschke made a kick off. Nikolaus Staffelt took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Liavon Kuzmich, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 56 minutes Germany's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Pavel Kamenich who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Belarus's corner Pavel Kamenich fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Nikolaus Staffelt quite easily take care of the ball. If Juljan Belkin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 59th minute of the match Felix Hazard sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Zenon Erkovich skillfully saved the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Liavon Kuzmich in the 61st minute of play forced Germany's goalkeeper Nikolaus Staffelt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 72 minutes, Lucas Laschke made it 5-2 with a short kick to the right side. Belarus's Zenon Erkovich tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Belarus made a substitution. Juljan Demchenko replaced Vseslav Slipchanko. Germany made a substitution. Rainer Schwarz replaced Sylvain Domachowski. In the 81stth minute of the game Lucas Laschke who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Belarus's Zenon Erkovich was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucas Laschke in the 84th minute of play forced Belarus's goalkeeper Zenon Erkovich to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Lucas Laschke's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zenon Erkovich was relentless in the 86th minute of the game. Zenon Erkovich made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lucas Laschke in the 90th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vladimir Ramashko in the 96th minute of play forced Germany's goalkeeper Nikolaus Staffelt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Germany had won after a very even match.