World League

Jahnstadion
Spectators: 7492 (Terracing: 5620, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Emmerich Hatschek got the match started through his kick off. Calvin Kuckhoff took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adrian Kuse, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bora Bora's Riccardo Hofer played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emmerich Hatschek in the 10th minute of play. Olof Falkrantz might have been able to make a better finish in the 13th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Calvin Kuckhoff. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Olof Falkrantz ran back to his position shaking his head. Calvin Kuckhoff made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jesper Grubb in the 16th minute of play. Riccardo Hofer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emmerich Hatschek, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. West Staines Massive were awarded a corner in the 19th minute after Bora Bora's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Emmerich Hatschek took the corner. When Jesper Grubb came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the Bora Bora 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 Jesper Grubb couldn't finish the play. In the 26th minute, Emmerich Hatschek left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The West Staines Massive fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Calvin Kuckhoff came out of the goal in the 30th minute to try and stop a shot by Bora Bora's Jesper Grubb. But to his dismay, Jesper Grubb quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Bora Bora's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Bror Säfström in the 37th minute. Erling Beier sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Riccardo Hofer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Michael Weniger, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Hernan Eztebe's late challenge caught a West Staines Massive's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hernan Eztebe helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Bora Bora getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Hernan Eztebe hit a great ball. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The wind increased when Robin Mager made the kick off in the second half. The audience thought a goal was coming when Robin Mager got free with Calvin Kuckhoff in the 52nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 54th minute of the match, Jesper Grubb tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Calvin Kuckhoff saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Harald Yildirim hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. Robin Mager's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Calvin Kuckhoff firmly grabbed it by the left post. Emmerich Hatschek took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 59th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Riccardo Hofer. Bora Bora's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 67th minute, Adrian Kuse hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Emmerich Hatschek in the 68th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Riccardo Hofer prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience was convinced that Emmerich Hatschek's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Riccardo Hofer was relentless in the 68th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emmerich Hatschek in the 69th minute of play forced Bora Bora's goalkeeper Riccardo Hofer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. West Staines Massive's Calvin Kuckhoff played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jesper Grubb in the 71st minute of play. In the 72nd minute of the match Bora Bora got a corner. West Staines Massive's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Bror Säfström ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 75th minute, Erling Beier 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. Calvin Kuckhoff showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adrian Kuse in the 79th minute of the match. West Staines Massive's Calvin Kuckhoff proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 80th minute of the match, managed to save West Staines Massive from getting a goal against them. The supporters of Bora Bora booed when West Staines Massive was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sjard Kasperski didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Robin Mager got free with Calvin Kuckhoff in the 87th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to West Staines Massive getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Erling Finnman hit a great ball. If Michael Weniger had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead.