U23 World League

Field of Despair
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ricky Bonhoeffer started the match with the kick off. Peer Hafner might have been able to make a better finish in the 3rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Borys Lewkowicz. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Peer Hafner ran back to his position shaking his head. 4 minutes into the game, Marco Reinhart was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Möhnsen FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave UNITED GWAREK the free kick. After a rather tough play, Möhnsen FC's Marco Reinhart got a free kick in the 4th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Pankracy Borkowski during the 8th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 9 played minutes UNITED GWAREK got a freekick which was hit by Pankracy Borkowski. Ricky Bonhoeffer fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Borys Lewkowicz having to interfere. Pankracy Borkowski lost his temper 14 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 14th minute, one of UNITED GWAREK:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for UNITED GWAREK. Borys Lewkowicz had in the 17thth minute some difficulties stopping Peer Hafner's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bill Leicht got free with Borys Lewkowicz in the 20th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. UNITED GWAREK's Borys Lewkowicz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 22nd minute of the match, managed to save UNITED GWAREK from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, UNITED GWAREK's Borys Lewkowicz got control of the ball when Bill Leicht tried to sneak it across the goal line. Möhnsen FC's Joseph Reichardt played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kazimierz Debkowski in the 31st minute of play. Borys Lewkowicz was out of position in the 34 minute of play, and Ricky Bonhoeffer capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Ricky Bonhoeffer really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. In the 38th minute, Möhnsen FC's Ricky Bonhoeffer dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-0. 4-0 became the score in the 41st minute when Ricky Bonhoeffer elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Kazimierz Debkowski to make the kick off. 57 minutes into the game, Ricky Bonhoeffer cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-0. Borys Lewkowicz was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 60th minute Ricky Bonhoeffer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Borys Lewkowicz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Xerxes Kamper recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 62nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Olgierd Furtok's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Joseph Reichardt read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 68th minute of play. Borys Lewkowicz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Peer Hafner in the 71st minute of play. After 74 played minutes UNITED GWAREK got a freekick which was hit by Olaf Zacharzewski. When Ricky Bonhoeffer came up free with the goalie in the 76th minute, the Möhnsen FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Ricky Bonhoeffer couldn't finish the play. UNITED GWAREK's attentive Maksymilian Gongolewicz managed to snatch the ball when Pascal Bommer made a throw-in in the 78th minute of the game. Borys Lewkowicz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ricky Bonhoeffer in the 81st minute of the match. After 82 minutes of play, Möhnsen FC's Bill Leicht made it 6-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Borys Lewkowicz was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Peer Hafner in the 90th minute of play forced UNITED GWAREK's goalkeeper Borys Lewkowicz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 91st minute, Bogumil Dombrowski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in Möhnsen FC's zone, Kazimierz Debkowski stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Joseph Reichardt came out of the goal and Kazimierz Debkowski tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Möhnsen FC had played much better football throughout.