U23 League

PW Sportarena
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Ovidio Ritchie made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alfredas Klenkys in the 3rd minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as PoWer SC 2K5's Fabian Magath slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Naglis Jonušas. That made the score 1-0 after 6 minutes of play. 10 minutes into the game, Fabian Magath recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Naglis Jonušas. Fabian Magath showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-0. In the 14th minute, Jotautas Bakštys ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ovidio Ritchie was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Ovidio Ritchie showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jotautas Bakštys, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. Manuel Klose fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Naglis Jonušas having to interfere. In the 23rdth minute of the game Fabian Magath who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Savage Hippo's Naglis Jonušas was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 25th minute Dangiras Rutkus shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ovidio Ritchie saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Wilfredo Harri kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. In the 27th minute, Jotautas Bakštys made a precise shot to the right of Ovidio Ritchie. PoWer SC 2K5's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-2. Ovidio Ritchie took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dangiras Rutkus, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dangiras Rutkus scored 2-3 in the 32nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ovidio Ritchie, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Ovidio Ritchie showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alfredas Klenkys in the 35th minute of the match. After 40 played minutes Savage Hippo got a freekick which was hit by Adolfas Karpis. After 44 played minutes Savage Hippo got a freekick which was hit by Deividas Laužikas. Disappointed in the 2-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jotautas Bakštys to make the kick off. Alfredas Klenkys sent away a hard shot on goal in the 51st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Naglis Jonušas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Killian Fischer went, in the 53rd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-3 was the resulting score. Ovidio Ritchie showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jotautas Bakštys in the 68th minute of the match. After 69 played minutes Savage Hippo got a freekick which was hit by Adolfas Karpis. Naglis Jonušas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Philipp Breitner in the 73rd minute of play. Ovidio Ritchie took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jotautas Bakštys, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Killian Fischer came up free with the goalie in the 77th minute, the PoWer SC 2K5 fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Killian Fischer couldn't finish the play. Ovidio Ritchie showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jotautas Bakštys in the 78th minute of the match. After 82 minutes of play, PoWer SC 2K5's Fabian Magath made it 4-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Naglis Jonušas was left in no man's land by his defense there! 92 minutes into the game, Fabian Magath cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 6-3. Naglis Jonušas was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 97 minutes into the match, Savage Hippo's goal looked a bit too open when Fabian Magath came free, but Naglis Jonušas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. PoWer SC 2K5 had won after a very even match.