U23 League

Telford Arena
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Will Sheridan kicked off to start the match. Will Sheridan hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. Hamburg Fighters's Berti Stand got a good chance for a goal in the 5th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Shane Brindley took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kilian Gutrath, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Berti Stand had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Hamburg Fighters's Marcus Bensch got a good chance for a goal in the 16th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Berti Stand fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Shane Brindley having to interfere. 21 minutes into the match, Hamburg Fighters's Jakob Karhoff sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Shane Brindley narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 22 minutes had been played when some careless play by Juventus Telford's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Leon Goretzka was slow to take the kick. During this time Hamburg Fighters's players had a chance to rest. Corvin Kasik showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Shane Goldthorpe in the 24th minute of the match. 26 minutes into the match, Juventus Telford's goal looked a bit too open when Jakob Karhoff came free, but Shane Brindley reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 27 minutes into the match, Hamburg Fighters's goalkeeper Corvin Kasik had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Will Sheridan. The crowd rose to their feet as Will Sheridan kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Corvin Kasik. That made the score 1-0 in the 27 minute of play. Shane Brindley didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Kilian Gutrath went, in the 34th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Shane Brindley made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcus Bensch in the 39th minute of play. In the 39th match minute, Hamburg Fighters was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jakob Karhoff to maneuver through the defense. After 42 minutes, Alastair Wishart mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Juventus Telford and the Hamburg Fighters players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 42nd minute, Alastair Wishart hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 44 minutes into the match, Jakob Karhoff notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Juventus Telford's Shane Brindley. Shane Brindley was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Berti Stand was the one to do the kick off. Shane Brindley showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kilian Gutrath in the 51st minute of the match. Berti Stand might have been able to make a better finish in the 53rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Shane Brindley. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Berti Stand ran back to his position shaking his head. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Leon Goretzka during the 55th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Leon Goretzka kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. Juventus Telford's Junior Colley quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Rudolf Aschenbrenner, made in the 56th minute of the game. Corvin Kasik took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alastair Wishart, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 62 minutes into the match, Alastair Wishart had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Corvin Kasik. Hamburg Fighters's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alastair Wishart was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. Berti Stand kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. Hamburg Fighters's Corvin Kasik played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alastair Wishart in the 67th minute of play. Through an outstanding action, after 69 minutes, Shane Brindley successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 72nd minute, Marcus Bensch ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Shane Brindley was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-3. Shane Brindley made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kilian Gutrath in the 75th minute of play. 76 minutes into the match, Hamburg Fighters's goal looked a bit too open when Alastair Wishart came free, but Corvin Kasik reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jakob Karhoff charged in rather forcefully in the 77th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jakob Karhoff the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Juventus Telford booed when Hamburg Fighters was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jakob Karhoff didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 78 played minutes Juventus Telford got a freekick which was hit by Shane Goldthorpe. After a defensive mix-up in Juventus Telford's zone, Berti Stand stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Shane Brindley came out of the goal and Berti Stand tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Shane Brindley took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Berti Stand, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alastair Wishart sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Juventus Telford's Will Sheridan got a good chance for a goal in the 93rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 95 played minutes Hamburg Fighters got a freekick which was hit by Lüder Ganz.