Oberliga Niederrhein, Round 18:
A nice solid win for WSV to go into the winterbreak in 2nd place. WSV was
forced to a slight change in plan, due to the Essen Uhlenkrug pitch being
totally frosted over. But the Bergisch Lions were up to the task and
easily brought things under control.
Markus Bayertz opened things up early, as his intended assist off a free
kick floated into the net after only 5 minutes. About 10 minutes later,
Thomas Euler put in a perfect cross, and Alex Kohout only had to stick his
head out to knock it home. WSV was totally dominant, but then went into
the locker room on a down note: Jean-Louis Tavarez got his 2nd yellow of
the match for another silly foul, and WSV was short a man.
The Esseners tried to take full advantage, coming out strong in the 2nd
half. Michael Moellensiep pulled a goal back off a nice header, coming off
a corner from Christian Hoffmann. But that was the extent of the
Black-White recovery. After that, they really never mounted much of a
threat. Their attempts at long-ball tactics on the frozen tundra
came to nothing. Instead it was WSV that missed several chances to put the
game on (more) ice. Noel Kipre was wide open, but his shot was stopped by
Miernik on a nice grab. Finally a low shot by Thomas Rietz ended the
affair.
December 15, 2001
Easy win into winterbreak
ETB SW Essen:
Miernik - Rohleder - Janßen, Kapitza - Hupperts, Saracevic, Kundrotas, Galache (52.Möllensiep), dos Santos - Hoffmann, Bungur Wuppertaler SV:
Limberg - Mademann - Hyza, Steup - Rietz, Tavarez, Voike, Euler (89.Kurt), Bayertz - Kohout, Kipre (82.Goumai) Scoring: 0:1 Bayertz (5.), 0:2 Kohout (16.), 1:2 Möllensiep (57.), 1:3 Rietz (80.) Attendance: 750 Yellow-Red card: Tavarez (41.), repeated fouls