Official Cup

Ulfa Olympiastadion
Spectators: 162 (Terracing: 122, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Yves Robinet started the match with the kick off. Steven Bieber showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Karl Valentin in the 3rd minute of the match. Andreas Renner made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Yves Robinet in the 5th minute of play. In the 7th minute of the match Rathmore Lime Tree got a corner. Ulfa FSV's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Fabien Ayache ran over to the corner to take the kick. Steven Bieber was a little too slow when Felix Umbach got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 9th minute. The score was now 1-0. 13 minutes into the game, Hakim Foussard was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Rathmore Lime Tree's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ulfa FSV the free kick. The score was 2-0 after a penalty in the 14th minute, where Ulfa FSV:s Christian Kracht tricked Rathmore Lime Tree:s Steven Bieber with a difficult ball by the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Felix Umbach in the 17th minute of play forced Rathmore Lime Tree's goalkeeper Steven Bieber to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Peter Esterházy in the 20th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Steven Bieber prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 25th minute of the match, Felix Umbach tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Steven Bieber saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Toufik Loir sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Karl Valentin could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 39th minute of the match, but Steven Bieber made a huge save. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Felix Umbach in the 42nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Steven Bieber prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Ulfa FSV's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Hans Rosenthal in the 44th minute. A very nice done corner allowed Friedrich Hölderlin to score against Steven Bieber in Rathmore Lime Tree's goal. 3-0 after 44 minutes. In the 47th minute, Erwin Billault 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.

Steven Bieber made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Peter Esterházy in the 57th minute of play. 61 minutes into the match, Karl Valentin had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Steven Bieber. Rathmore Lime Tree's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Karl Valentin was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. After some careless play in the Rathmore Lime Tree defense, Karl Valentin kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Steven Bieber. The Rathmore Lime Tree fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Steven Bieber should have stopped the shot. When Friedrich Hölderlin came up free with the goalie in the 68th minute, the Ulfa FSV 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 Friedrich Hölderlin couldn't finish the play. Steven Bieber showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Felix Umbach, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. In the 71st minute of the match Ulfa FSV got a corner. Rathmore Lime Tree's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Hans Rosenthal ran over to the corner to take the kick. Steven Bieber took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Peter Esterházy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Toufik Loir sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Toufik Loir received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Andreas Renner tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Peter Esterházy sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Peter Esterházy might have been able to make a better finish in the 88th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Steven Bieber. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Peter Esterházy ran back to his position shaking his head. Yves Robinet received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Andreas Renner tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ulfa FSV:s Andreas Renner showed great skill when he stopped Walter Texier:s penalty. In the 95th minute of the match Rathmore Lime Tree got a corner. Ulfa FSV's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Fabien Ayache ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Rathmore Lime Tree's corner Fabien Ayache fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Andreas Renner quite easily take care of the ball. Ulfa FSV walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.