U18 League

Wanzbach Sportpark
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Poli Timisoara's Julius-Lasse Eichenauer 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. After some careless play in the Poli Timisoara defense, Bram Smits kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Eric Herzog. The Poli Timisoara fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Eric Herzog should have stopped the shot. After some fancy dribbling in the 7th minute, Damien van Putten managed to get in a good position for a shot. AC Pitt Bier's supporters rose to their feet, but Damien van Putten was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Eric Herzog breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 10th minute, Bram Smits made a precise shot to the right of Eric Herzog. Poli Timisoara's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. In the 14th minute, Bram Smits made a precise shot to the right of Eric Herzog. Poli Timisoara's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. In the 25th minute, Wilfried Oude Kamphuis made a precise shot to the right of Eric Herzog. Poli Timisoara's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-6. After 28 minutes of play, AC Pitt Bier's Bram Smits made it 0-7 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Eric Herzog was left in no man's land by his defense there! Eric Herzog showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Johannes Rogaars, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. In the 33rd minute, Bram Smits left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The AC Pitt Bier fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-8. Eric Herzog didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bram Smits went, in the 43rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-10 was the resulting score. The Poli Timisoara players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. AC Pitt Bier were winning 0-10.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Bram Smits made a kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as AC Pitt Bier's Johannes Rogaars slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Eric Herzog. That made the score 0-12 after 55 minutes of play. If Damien van Putten had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After a rather tough play, Poli Timisoara's Michel Schulten got a free kick in the 59th minute. Eric Herzog showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marco Hak in the 60th minute of the match. A collision led to Poli Timisoara getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Robin Wörns hit a great ball. Eric Herzog made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bram Smits in the 62nd minute of play. Johannes Rogaars did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-13 to the left of a surprised Eric Herzog 63 minutes into the match. In the 66th minute, Damien van Putten made a precise shot to the right of Eric Herzog. Poli Timisoara's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-14. Eric Herzog came out of the goal in the 69th minute to try and stop a shot by AC Pitt Bier's Bram Smits. But to his dismay, Bram Smits quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-15. Eric Herzog took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wilfried Oude Kamphuis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Eric Herzog didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bram Smits went, in the 73rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-16 was the resulting score. In the 76th match minute, Poli Timisoara was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Julius-Lasse Eichenauer to maneuver through the defense. Eric Herzog acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 77th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Tim Hartogh. In the 78th minute, Bram Smits made a precise shot to the right of Eric Herzog. Poli Timisoara's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-17. Bram Smits recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 81st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. AC Pitt Bier's Pieter-Jan Roeles was substituted for Marco Hak. Bram Smits took the ball and in the 86 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Eric Herzog. Eric Herzog dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-18. Ulrich Tschida hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Poli Timisoara's Robin Wörns got a free kick in the 90th minute. Poli Timisoara's Eric Herzog proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 91st minute of the match, managed to save Poli Timisoara from getting a goal against them. Robin Wörns's late challenge caught a AC Pitt Bier's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Robin Wörns helped the player get up and apologised. Robin Wörns hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match.