Hildesheim Revisited

                         
















VfV Borussia 06 Hildesheim 0 VfL Bückeburg 1

Football is back. Not the Euros, not Olympic football, but proper grass roots football. 

The summer. Went on 3 weeks holiday in June, which coincided with the wettest June for 100 years. 
 Euro 2012. England surpassed my expectations by actually getting past the group stage. But went out on penalties (again). The galling thing was the complete lack of skill or footballing ability shown by Englsnd. 

In all things Bückeburg, we said goodbye to a few players at the end of last season.
 Goalkeeper Tim Engler hang up his gloves, Martin Prange did likewise and is now the Assistant Manager. Jean-Paul Thom also decided to call it a day. Niklas Fritsche left as he actually lives and works in Hamburg and the travelling was becoming too much. Nico Rüffer left to play a couple of leagues lower, to get more first team football.

I had the away block to myself

  As always, we had strengthened from the youth ranks. Last time I was here we lost 0-4 and their managers comments of "thugs" still irked.

As I took my place on the terracing, 4 of our players were warming up and I didn't recognise any of them.

But then led by Bubi Bremer in his new lime green boots, the rest of the team came out to warm up. 

Bubi's new boots

 This was a cup game, the Niedersachsen Cup, now sponsored by the beer, Krombacher, now known as the Krombacher Cup. The winners of this would play TSV Havelse in the next round.

Match day ticket

 We started really brightly and dare I say were the better team. Hildesheim did have a couple of shots, but were woefully wide, whereas we didnt threaten that much but looked very comfortable.


The only down side of the first half was a yellow card for Bastian Könemann.


Half time and a very well played 0-0


And so to the second half. Apart from the starting 10 minutes, we totally dominated. Tim Buchwald was playing a lot more offensively, Bubi missed a one on one. Buchwald also finished neatly after a piece of Tiki Taka football, but the goal was rightly ruled out for offside.


After a Hildesheim attack, Nils Rinne held their foward just before the penalty area and was presented with a yellow card. The resulting free kick was superbly tipped round the post by Spilker.


In the 53rd minute, Nils Rinne gets booked for not retreating at a free kick, and subsequently finds himself sent off for two yellow cards.

Oops!

 Now with ten men, up against it. 72nd minute and Buchwald made way for Burak, and it was his free kick in the 78th minute, swung in from the left, and captain NiKo Werner glanced a header in to the net.


All that was left was for Paddy (that is what I shall call him) Spilker to produce another great save down low to his right, to deny an equalisor.


So all in all, a great performance. Yes, Hildesheim were wasteful, but in parts of the game, totally outclassed. Roll on Sunday when we host Osnabrück II.