SV Haldern goes international. Wir freuen uns, Euch den Spielbericht vom Spiel zwischen SV Haldern III und dem SV Biemenhorst IV in englischer Sprache zu präsentieren (es ist übrigens der erste in der Halderner Vereinsgeschichte). Geschrieben wurde er von Andrew Kelly. Andrew ist in Schottland geboren und wohnt erst seit knappen 2 Jahren in Deutschland. Innerhalb kürzester Zeit etablierte er sich zum Stammspieler, bringt so einen kleinen internationalen Flair in die Spielkultur der dritten Mannschaft und wurde in der letzten Saison sogar zum Spieler des Jahres gewählt.

On Sunday 20th March the Haldern 3rd team were at home against the 4th team from SV Biemenhorst. With the sun shining the weather was perfect for an afternoon of football at the Linden Stadium.
Against the run of play Biemenhorst took an early lead. A long ball from the back was not cut out by the Haldern defence, and with the striker one-on-one against the keeper he scored to make it 1-0 for the visitors.
This sparked the home side into life, and after a couple of good chances, Alex Balding found space for a shot from just inside the box which the Biemenhorst keeper was unable to keep out. This made the score 1-1, which was how it stayed until half time.
The second half continued much like the first, with many misplaced passes, unforced errors, and neither team was able to hold onto possession for very long. In the 55th minute Börgers came on to replace Kelly, and shortly afterwards Haldern took the lead. A good move ended with Fabian Künne firing home and putting the home side 2-1 in front.
Übbing and Grütter were then replaced by Köster and Rosenboom.A good chance to make it 3-1 was missed by the Haldern team, with Balding through on goal and only the keeper to beat, the Biemenhorst goalie did well to block the shot and keep his team in the game. At the other end there were more goalkeeping heroics. A Biemenorst free kick from the edge of the box was curling into the top corner until Angenendt flung himself to his left and managed to tip the ball round the post.
In the 82nd minute the home side made sure of all three points when Balding scored his second of the game. Injuring himself in the process unfortunately the on-form striker had to leave the field of play, but thankfully due to new regulations trainer van Merwyk was able to bring the already substituted Grütter back into the game, and Haldern played out the 90 minutes to ensure a hard-earned 3-1 victory.

Team line-up: Angenendt, Stroet, Verhoeven, Übbing, Bredow, Grütter, Kelly, Schaffeld, Künne, Stappert, Balding

Substitutions: 55. Börgers for Kelly, 65. Köster for Übbing, 70. Rosenboom for Grütter

Goals: 0:1 11. Minute, 1:1 16. Minute (Alexander Balding), 2:1 63. Minute (Fabian Künne), 3:1 82. Minute (Alexander Balding)

written by Andrew Kelly

Die deutsche Version folgt selbstverständlich.