Friendly League

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Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Leonard Furgat kicked off to start the match. A collision led to Sydney FC getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Hinrik Grobmaul hit a great ball. After 3 played minutes, Galaxy Team U18's Adam Zdeb shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Axel Ballhaus came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Galaxy Team U18 reached it. Aureliusz Mietus who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 7thth minute tested the skills of Axel Ballhaus when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Tizian Borutta made in the 14th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Galaxy Team U18's Wiktor Franzik. Tizian Borutta made in the 15th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Hippolyt Esche immediately put the ball in play. Walery Grabski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thorben Rittmann in the 17th minute of the match. Adnan Tilner fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Walery Grabski having to interfere. In the 35th match minute, Galaxy Team U18 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mateusz Cupial to maneuver through the defense. In the 37th minute, Aureliusz Mietus got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Axel Ballhaus showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leonard Furgat, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Thorben Rittmann to make the kick off. In the 53rd match minute, Sydney FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hinrik Grobmaul to maneuver through the defense. After 54 played minutes, Galaxy Team U18's Adam Zdeb shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Axel Ballhaus came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Galaxy Team U18 reached it. In the 58th minute, one of Sydney FC: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 Sydney FC. The crowd rose to their feet as Sydney FC's Adnan Tilner slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Walery Grabski. That made the score 1-1 after 78 minutes of play. In the 81st minute, Pierre Möhn hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Galaxy Team U18's Wiktor Franzik managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Tizian Borutta in the 85 minute of the game. Galaxy Team U18's Aureliusz Mietus got a good chance for a goal in the 85th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 86 minutes into the game, Leonard Furgat was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Galaxy Team U18's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Sydney FC the free kick. Leonard Furgat hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. In the 90th match minute, Galaxy Team U18 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aureliusz Mietus to maneuver through the defense. Despite being the better team, Sydney FC failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.