World League

Stepan Kravchenko
Spectators: 7700 (Terracing: 5776, Seating: 1771, VIP seats: 153) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Frank Mees kicked off to start the match. A nice corner shot did that Duda Imperatore got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Bernd Yuschni quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Tamás Antal struck a weak shot in the 14th 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 FC Henter Somosd. Bernd Yuschni made a fantastic save in the 18th minute, when Tamás Antal sent off a good shot on target. 19 minutes into the match, FC Henter Somosd's Frank Mees sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Bernd Yuschni narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Gábor Király took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Qiao Xing Qi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Frank Mees could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 28th minute of the match, but Bernd Yuschni made a huge save. In the 30th minute FC Henter Somosd were awarded a corner. Gerardo McMillan went to the cornerflag to take it. Emilio Argina's late challenge caught a FC Henter Somosd's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Emilio Argina helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Hannover Reds getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Emilio Argina hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Frank Mees got free with Bernd Yuschni in the 40th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to Hannover Reds getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Lei Xiang Rong hit a great ball. Frank Mees sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Emilio Argina in the 45th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gábor Király saved FC Henter Somosd from getting behind. Frank Mees sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Emilio Argina stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Gábor Király showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Qiao Xing Qi in the 54th minute of the match. 60 minutes into the match, FC Henter Somosd's Frank Mees sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Bernd Yuschni narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Gábor Király made an important save on a dangerous shot by Qiao Xing Qi in the 61st minute. Qiao Xing Qi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Qiao Xing Qi in the 64th minute of play forced FC Henter Somosd's goalkeeper Gábor Király to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 68th minute, Frank Mees got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Bernd Yuschni made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ziemowit Tylinski in the 77th minute of play. Bernd Yuschni took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tamás Antal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 81st minute Frank Mees 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. If Ziemowit Tylinski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 88 minutes of play, FC Henter Somosd's Ziemowit Tylinski made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bernd Yuschni was left in no man's land by his defense there!