World League

Hanne-Sobek-Stadion
Spectators: 7691 (Terracing: 5769, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Rupert Heidingsfelder kicked off to start the match. Wojciech Malicki hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wilhelm Nienhaus in the 8th minute of play forced Lekko Spoceni's goalkeeper Mikolaj Szotek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 9th minute of the match Hertha 1969 got a corner. Lekko Spoceni's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Moritz Hasenjäger ran over to the corner to take the kick. Rune Jarstein took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sang Gama, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sang Gama in the 14th minute of play forced Hertha 1969's goalkeeper Rune Jarstein to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 15 played minutes Hertha 1969 got a freekick which was hit by Emilio Melzer. In the 18th minute Moritz Hasenjäger shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mikolaj Szotek saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rune Jarstein showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sang Gama in the 28th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Sang Gama in the 32nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rune Jarstein saved Hertha 1969 from getting behind. After 34 minutes Hertha 1969's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Wojciech Malicki who took care of the corner kick. Lekko Spoceni's Wojciech Malicki was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Rune Jarstein in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 35th minute Shaun Allison shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rune Jarstein saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mikolaj Szotek showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wilhelm Nienhaus in the 41st minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Wilhelm Nienhaus's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mikolaj Szotek was relentless in the 45th minute of the game. After 48 minutes Lekko Spoceni's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Moritz Hasenjäger who took care of the corner kick.

The wind increased when Sang Gama made the kick off in the second half. Mikolaj Szotek made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wilhelm Nienhaus in the 53rd minute of play. Mikolaj Szotek made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Moritz Hasenjäger in the 57th minute of play. Rune Jarstein made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sang Gama in the 60th minute. Sang Gama's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Rune Jarstein read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 63rd minute of play. Rune Jarstein made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Desiderio Ibañez in the 65th minute of play. Lekko Spoceni made a substitution. Eder Aleixo replaced Jiří Bažant. Lekko Spoceni's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Wojciech Malicki in the 67th minute. A nice corner shot did that Wojciech Malicki got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Rune Jarstein quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Rune Jarstein made a fantastic save in the 69th minute, when Desiderio Ibañez sent off a good shot on target. The audience was convinced that Desiderio Ibañez's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rune Jarstein was relentless in the 69th minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Desiderio Ibañez in the 69th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rune Jarstein saved Hertha 1969 from getting behind. The Lekko Spoceni fans' excitement grew in the 77th match minute when Lekko Spoceni's Marc-André Van Bastén looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. When Hertha 1969's Rupert Heidingsfelder in the 83rd minute got a chance for a shot 83rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Lekko Spoceni's goalie prevented a goal. Marc-André Van Bastén could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 84th minute of the match, but Rune Jarstein made a huge save. 86 minutes into the game, Wilhelm Nienhaus cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-2. Mikolaj Szotek was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 92nd match minute, Lekko Spoceni was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wojciech Malicki to maneuver through the defense. Mikolaj Szotek showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Moritz Hasenjäger, who was totally free with the ball in the 98th minute. The Lekko Spoceni players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Hertha 1969 from taking control. The game ends in a draw.