Friendly League

Niedersachsenstadion
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Emilio Argina started the match with the kick off. Tirso Isasaga sent away a hard shot on goal in the 2nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Emilio Argina got free with Tanek Ostrowski in the 7th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Tanek Ostrowski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Emilio Argina in the 10th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Emilio Argina got free with Tanek Ostrowski in the 12th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Tanek Ostrowski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Emilio Argina in the 13th minute. In the 16th minute, Emilio Argina made a precise shot to the right of Tanek Ostrowski. Olympique Gdynia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Şota Arveladze in the 23rd minute of play forced Hannover Reds's goalkeeper Bernd Yuschni to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bernd Yuschni made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Czeslaw Domeracki in the 24th minute of play. Bernd Yuschni took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Şota Arveladze, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bernd Yuschni took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Şota Arveladze, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in Hannover Reds's zone, Şota Arveladze stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bernd Yuschni came out of the goal and Şota Arveladze tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Bernd Yuschni didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Czeslaw Domeracki went, in the 32nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Tirso Isasaga struck a weak shot in the 37th minute. Bernd Yuschni didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Olympique Gdynia. Tanek Ostrowski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emilio Argina in the 38th minute of the match. Bernd Yuschni showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Czeslaw Domeracki in the 41st minute of the match. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Czeslaw Domeracki stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Olympique Gdynia booed when Hannover Reds was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 50 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lei Xiang Rong didn't get a good kick on the ball. Czeslaw Domeracki received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Bernd Yuschni came out and tried to block the shot, but Czeslaw Domeracki slotted it home off the left post making it 1-2 in the 51st minute. In the 61st minute, Olympique Gdynia's Şota Arveladze dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-3. The audience was convinced that Şota Arveladze's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bernd Yuschni was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. 68 minutes into the match, Hannover Reds's goalkeeper Bernd Yuschni had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Şota Arveladze. The audience was convinced that Czeslaw Domeracki's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bernd Yuschni was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. When Olympique Gdynia's Czeslaw Domeracki in the 72nd minute got a chance for a shot 72nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Hannover Reds's goalie prevented a goal. In the 72ndth minute of the game Czeslaw Domeracki who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Hannover Reds's Bernd Yuschni was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 76th minute Czeslaw Domeracki shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bernd Yuschni saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 79th minute Olympique Gdynia were awarded a corner. Fabio-Roman Zabaleta went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Şota Arveladze almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Hannover Reds's Bernd Yuschni did a great save. Şota Arveladze did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-4 to the left of a surprised Bernd Yuschni 79 minutes into the match. Willi Tilmann kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. Bernd Yuschni made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Şota Arveladze in the 87th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lars Voss in the 94th minute of play forced Olympique Gdynia's goalkeeper Tanek Ostrowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Olympique Gdynia supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Olympique Gdynia would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.