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Hanne-Sobek-Stadion
Spectators: 10850 (Terracing: 8139, Seating: 2495, VIP seats: 216) A throw-in in the 5th minute of the game was made by Nertil Maldini with Emilio Melzer as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. With an all-out effort, Hertha 1969's Timo Courtois threw himself towards the right post 6 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Wilhelm Nienhaus, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wilhelm Nienhaus in the 7th minute of play forced SSV Ulm 1846's goalkeeper Timo Courtois to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Hertha 1969's Nertil Maldini got a free kick in the 10th minute. In the 13th minute Hertha 1969 were awarded a corner. Zé Paulo da Silva went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner led Hertha 1969's Zé Paulo da Silva to fire away a dangerous shot which Timo Courtois despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Timo Courtois took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kristian Oswald, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wilhelm Nienhaus in the 15th minute of play forced SSV Ulm 1846's goalkeeper Timo Courtois to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zé Paulo da Silva got free with Timo Courtois in the 18th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Tunç Akkaya had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tunç Akkaya in the 22nd minute of play forced Hertha 1969's goalkeeper Rune Jarstein to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tunç Akkaya in the 23rd minute of play forced Hertha 1969's goalkeeper Rune Jarstein to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Wilhelm Nienhaus who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 31stth minute tested the skills of Timo Courtois when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Rune Jarstein showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberigo Sessa in the 33rd minute of the match. Timo Courtois showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kristian Oswald, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Everardo Hartz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Rune Jarstein tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 42nd match minute, SSV Ulm 1846 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Afonso Silveira to maneuver through the defense. Timo Courtois showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kristian Oswald in the 43rd minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 47 minutes, Zé Paulo da Silva put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Timo Courtois. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Wilhelm Nienhaus in the 52nd minute of play forced SSV Ulm 1846's goalkeeper Timo Courtois to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Wilhelm Nienhaus in the 55th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Timo Courtois saved SSV Ulm 1846 from getting behind. In the 56th minute Zé Paulo da Silva shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Timo Courtois saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. SSV Ulm 1846's Timo Courtois played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kristian Oswald in the 59th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kristian Oswald in the 62nd minute of play forced SSV Ulm 1846's goalkeeper Timo Courtois to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the SSV Ulm 1846 defense, Kristian Oswald kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Timo Courtois. The SSV Ulm 1846 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Timo Courtois should have stopped the shot. Hertha 1969 made a substitution. Rupert Heidingsfelder replaced Wilhelm Nienhaus. Nertil Maldini made in the 76th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Emilio Melzer. Timo Courtois showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomáš Pluháček, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. Timo Courtois showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rupert Heidingsfelder in the 86th minute of the match. In the 91st minute Emilio Melzer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Timo Courtois saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 96th minute of the match Hertha 1969 got a corner. SSV Ulm 1846's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Zé Paulo da Silva ran over to the corner to take the kick.