U23 World League

La Fortaleza
Spectators: 7514 (Terracing: 5636, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) Rot-Weiss-Essen's Erkan Fostiropoulos started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. The throw-in from Christoph Beckert in the 4th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by La Zabaleta's Gaspar Lastur. In the 6th minute, Fabian Krinke made a precise shot to the right of Eske Aksel. La Zabaleta's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Eske Aksel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabian Krinke in the 9th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Erkan Fostiropoulos in the 14th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Eske Aksel prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After a rather tough play, La Zabaleta's Gaspar Lastur got a free kick in the 16th minute. In the 17th minute, Hugo Haupt ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Eske Aksel was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. When Chris Rösele fell near the penalty area in the 21st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Rot-Weiss-Essen's protests and gave Chris Rösele a yellow card for diving instead. 21 minutes into the game, one of Rot-Weiss-Essen:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Rot-Weiss-Essen:s August Hoffmanns showed great skill when he stopped Erubiel Diagur:s penalty. When Edelmiro Gartzen fell near the penalty area in the 26th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored La Zabaleta's protests and gave Edelmiro Gartzen a yellow card for diving instead. Edelmiro Gartzen kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. Eske Aksel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Erkan Fostiropoulos in the 29th minute of the match. Eske Aksel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Erkan Fostiropoulos in the 31st minute of play. Eske Aksel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Erkan Fostiropoulos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rot-Weiss-Essen's Helmut Malinowski suffered a sore foot after 39 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Rot-Weiss-Essen's Ansgar Küpper-Adebisi was substituted for Helmut Malinowski. In the 40th minute, Mateo Blanco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Hugo Haupt scored 0-3 in the 45th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Eske Aksel, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to La Zabaleta getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Cesar Indalecio hit a great ball.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Cesar Indalecio was the one to do the kick off. A collision led to La Zabaleta getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Edelmiro Gartzen hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, La Zabaleta's Edelmiro Gartzen got a free kick in the 56th minute. Ansgar Küpper-Adebisi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Eske Aksel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. La Zabaleta's Eske Aksel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ansgar Küpper-Adebisi in the 64th minute of play. Eske Aksel made an important save on a dangerous shot by Fabian Krinke in the 70th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Isidro Adrio during the 74th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Romulo Hibai kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Fabian Krinke's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eske Aksel was relentless in the 77th minute of the game. After 80 played minutes Rot-Weiss-Essen got a freekick which was hit by Chris Rösele. La Zabaleta's Eske Aksel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hugo Haupt in the 82nd minute of play. La Zabaleta's Eske Aksel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fabian Krinke in the 83rd minute of play. After 87 played minutes Rot-Weiss-Essen got a freekick which was hit by Mesut Özil. In the 88th minute, one of Rot-Weiss-Essen: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 Rot-Weiss-Essen. In the 91st minute there was a penalty for La Zabaleta. Erubiel Diagur stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving August Hoffmanns. 1-3. The La Zabaleta supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Rot-Weiss-Essen's performance. The match ended with a win for Rot-Weiss-Essen.