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gleich gehts los!

kick-off! das stadion in heidelberg ist ausverkauft (soll aber auch nicht so schwer sein, unkte sie).

13 mins: Germany leads by 5-0! The try by Robert Mohr couldn't be converted by Kieron Davies!
(versuch von mohr, davies konnte nicht erhoehen)

15 mins: Spain hits back with a penalty! 5-3! Roqué gets his team back into the game although the host-team dominates the match!

(5-3 nach straftritt durch spanien)

noch 10min zu spielen in der ersten halbzeit. deutschland fuehrt weiterhin.

Half-time: 5-3 for Germany in Heidelberg!
Germany has got little advantages but cannot use their chances to score because of bad kicking. Kieron Davies missed 2 penalties, 1 conversion and a drop kick while Colin Grzanna missed a penalty.
The game flow is very slow. Germany's Tim Kasten, Sascha Fischer and Jens Schmidt already saw the yellow card. For Spain, only Santiago Serrano had to go to the sin bin.
Both teams seem to be nervous although Germany should add to their lead. They only have to sort out their kicking and avoid simple mistakes.

geleb karten, schlechtes kicken, das ist nicht schoen...
bitte etwas ruhiger in halbzeit 2, es geht immerhin um die teilnahme am world cup.

53 mins: Germany extends lead! 8-3! Matthieu Franke with the first successful penalty for his team in this match!
Earlier, Germany's Sascha Fischer and Spain's Cidre both saw the red card in the 46th minute!

das scheint wirklich eine aufgeregte partie zu sein, gelbe und rote karten, ohlala.
deutschland liegt weiter vorne, aber das ergebnis muss eindeutiger werden, um beim rueckspiel in spanien ruhig aufspielen zu koennen. ich bin so aufgeregt! wenn ich das richtig sehe, waere deutschland dann das erste mal bei einem RWC dabei!

76 mins: Germany with second try! 15-3! Markus Walger with his try just next to the touchline! The very difficult conversion by Franke is successful.
There will be a long injury time of approximately 6 minutes.

85 mins: Germany extends lead with a penalty by Franke to 18-3! One minute left on the clock ...

With the final whistle the Spains come back on the scoreboard with a penalty by substitute Kovalenco for the final result of 18-6 for Germany.

All in all, the hosts deserved the victory. Maybe, they could have even got an even bigger margin between them but because of the missed kicks that was not possible.
In the second half, the Germans played with more concentration and that's why the victory for them is all right after all.

That's all for now from our LIVE-match today in Heidelberg.
We now expect a very thrilling second playoff-match in Madrid where it's going to be decided who is going to be promoted to Division one in place of Ukraine.
Spain has to step up to the plate now as they have to get a big victory on their home turf. Nobody knows, though, what specialties they have left for the German team...