World League

Stade St. Léonard
Spectators: 7515 (Terracing: 5637, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) Raik Topuz made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 2nd minute Adil Ergümen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Patrick Knechtli saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Patrick Knechtli showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fu Sheng Jian in the 6th minute of the match. 8 minutes into the match, Olympique Fribourg's goal looked a bit too open when Adil Ergümen came free, but Patrick Knechtli reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Fu Sheng Jian in the 9th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Patrick Knechtli saved Olympique Fribourg from getting behind. Olympique Fribourg's Patrick Knechtli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adil Ergümen in the 13th minute of play. Adil Ergümen took the ball and in the 13 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Patrick Knechtli. Patrick Knechtli dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. In the 16th minute, Adil Ergümen left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Team in construction fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. In the 28th minute, Fu Sheng Jian ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Patrick Knechtli was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. In the 31stth minute of the game Fu Sheng Jian who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Olympique Fribourg's Patrick Knechtli was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When Team in construction's Fu Sheng Jian in the 36th minute got a chance for a shot 36th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Olympique Fribourg's goalie prevented a goal. After 41 played minutes Olympique Fribourg got a freekick which was hit by Marcellus Walpert. Patrick Knechtli stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Fu Sheng Jian's shot from short distance in the 43rd minute. After 45 minutes Olympique Fribourg's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Alexander Bernabel who took care of the corner kick. Patrick Knechtli showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Panait Schipor, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Fu Sheng Jian stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Raik Topuz in the 52nd minute of play forced Team in construction's goalkeeper Cristo Lorenz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The corner led to Olympique Fribourg's Medero Gadea getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Patrick Knechtli made a fantastic save in the 58th minute, when Isac Pop sent off a good shot on target. 69 minutes into the game, Fred Stutz was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Olympique Fribourg's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Team in construction the free kick. Isac Pop received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Patrick Knechtli tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. During the 76th minute of the match Fred Stutz completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Fred Stutz a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Cristo Lorenz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Medero Gadea, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. Olympique Fribourg's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Daniel Schroeder in the 83rd minute. Olympique Fribourg's Daniel Schroeder was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Cristo Lorenz in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Patrick Knechtli took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fu Sheng Jian, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 88th minute the ball was on its way in behind Olympique Fribourg's goalkeeper Patrick Knechtli, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Olympique Fribourg's Patrick Knechtli played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fu Sheng Jian in the 89th minute of play. Team in construction's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.