U18 World League

Freedom Arena
Spectators: 7443 (Terracing: 5583, Seating: 1712, VIP seats: 148) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Niclas Svensson made the kick off which started today's match. In the 9th minute of the match Black Dragons got a corner. Freedom 2024's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Dietrich Dreher ran over to the corner to take the kick. After a rather tough play, Black Dragons's Randolf Kohler got a free kick in the 11th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anton Robert in the 13th minute of play forced Freedom 2024's goalkeeper Måns Offendahl to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Freedom 2024's Fredric Bokelund got a good chance for a goal in the 15th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After having played for 16 minutes, Niclas Svensson managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Freedom 2024's supporters crossed their fingers, but Niclas Svensson was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Fredric Bokelund could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 22nd minute of the match, but Helmuth Bremgartner made a huge save. In the 22nd minute Niclas Svensson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Helmuth Bremgartner saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Anton Robert received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Måns Offendahl tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 27 minutes into the game, Fredric Bokelund was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Freedom 2024's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Black Dragons the free kick. In the 27th match minute, Freedom 2024 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fredric Bokelund to maneuver through the defense. Severin Fieschi kicked well hit freekick during the 29th minute of the match. In the 30th minute Jeremy Laube suffered a foot injury and had to be helped off the field. Mårten Olofsson charged in rather forcefully in the 30th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Mårten Olofsson the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Black Dragons's Merlin Wermuth was substituted for Jeremy Laube. The supporters of Black Dragons booed when Freedom 2024 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mårten Olofsson didn't get a good kick on the ball. Helmuth Bremgartner had great luck who in the 35thth minute grab hold of the ball when Niclas Svensson from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. In the 38th minute, Merlin Wermuth left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Black Dragons fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. After having played for 48 minutes, Merlin Wermuth managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Black Dragons's supporters crossed their fingers, but Merlin Wermuth was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Anton Robert made a kick off. When Niclas Svensson came up free with the goalie in the 52nd minute, the Freedom 2024 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 Niclas Svensson couldn't finish the play. The supporters of Freedom 2024 booed when Black Dragons was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lovis Camiscia didn't get a good kick on the ball. Måns Offendahl made a fantastic save in the 58th minute, when Anton Robert sent off a good shot on target. Valter Wallander kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. Black Dragons's Anton Robert got a good chance for a goal in the 68th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After some careless play in the Freedom 2024 defense, Merlin Wermuth kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Måns Offendahl. The Freedom 2024 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Måns Offendahl should have stopped the shot. Måns Offendahl didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Merlin Wermuth went, in the 76th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Helmuth Bremgartner stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Niclas Svensson's shot from short distance in the 87th minute. 88 minutes into the game, Bodo Geuken was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Black Dragons's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Freedom 2024 the free kick. In the 88th minute, Bodo Geuken hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Freedom 2024's Niclas Svensson in the 91st minute got a chance for a shot 91st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Black Dragons's goalie prevented a goal. Niclas Svensson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 96th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Helmuth Bremgartner having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 98 minutes, Anton Robert took a quick shot and it went in 1-4 without a chance for Måns Offendahl to make any attempt to save it. The Freedom 2024 supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Black Dragons's performance. The match ended with a win for Black Dragons.