U21 League

Danylo Halytsky
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) FC Rukh Lviv's Nazariy Tytarchuk 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 a rather tough play, FC Unterrudling's Philipp Kruck got a free kick in the 2nd minute. After 6 minutes, Tobias Walz mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Unterrudling and the FC Rukh Lviv players grew even worse after the yellow card. Ilya Matvienko struck a weak shot in the 7th minute. Hubert Villa didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for FC Rukh Lviv. In the 8th match minute, FC Rukh Lviv was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Danylo Zayets to maneuver through the defense. Kostyantyn Svintsitskyi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Hubert Villa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. FC Unterrudling's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Nazariy Tytarchuk 21 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-0. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ilya Matvienko during the 24th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to FC Rukh Lviv getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Ilya Matvienko hit a great ball. If Alex Gehring had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Danylo Bandera sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Boris Henning fell near the penalty area in the 39th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC Unterrudling's protests and gave Boris Henning a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to FC Unterrudling getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Boris Henning hit a great ball. Hubert Villa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Artur Lytvynchuk in the 44th minute of the match. Danylo Bandera received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Hubert Villa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Vinícius Juniors made a kick off. In the 51st minute, Raphael Huber reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Andriy Trubin. The goal made the score 1-1. When Jan-Oliver Pässler fell near the penalty area in the 60th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC Unterrudling's protests and gave Jan-Oliver Pässler a yellow card for diving instead. In the 60th match minute, FC Unterrudling was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jan-Oliver Pässler to maneuver through the defense. Hubert Villa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nazariy Tytarchuk in the 61st minute of play. If Nicolas Musser had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Raphael Huber could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 70th minute of the match, but Andriy Trubin made a huge save. Through an outstanding action, after 72 minutes, Andriy Trubin successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Vinícius Juniors kicked a quick shot right in front of the goal in the 74thth minute. Though ot was a great shot FC Rukh Lviv's keeper Andriy Trubin was sill able to block leaving the score board unchanged. Hubert Villa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ilya Matvienko in the 79th minute of the match. Hubert Villa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nazariy Tytarchuk, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. 90 minutes into the match, FC Rukh Lviv's goalkeeper Andriy Trubin had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Vinícius Juniors. Boris Henning kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. Vadym Yarovyi didn't quite understand what happened when in the 94 minute of the game managed to get a great opportunity for a goal and then missed the goal by a feet. FC Rukh Lviv were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.