U18 World League

Aufbau-Arena
Spectators: 7487 (Terracing: 5616, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Maciej Drzewucki made the kick off which started today's match. After a defensive mix-up in FC Kraków1983's zone, Volker Biermann stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tobiasz Klawke came out of the goal and Volker Biermann tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Edgar Zbydniowski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Edgar Zbydniowski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Toralf Noldt having to interfere. Edgar Zbydniowski kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. Toralf Noldt stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Maciej Drzewucki's shot from short distance in the 12th minute. A collision led to 1.FC Aufbau-Einsturz getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Moritz Lenke hit a great ball. 15 minutes into the game, Cyprian Knopek was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FC Kraków1983's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave 1.FC Aufbau-Einsturz the free kick. A collision led to FC Kraków1983 getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Cyprian Knopek hit a great ball. Leonardo Güde in the 16thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Tobiasz Klawke, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 24th minute Maciej Drzewucki shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Toralf Noldt saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Felix Pellmann sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Tobiasz Klawke was a little too slow when Volker Biermann got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 28th minute. The score was now 1-0. After a rather tough play, FC Kraków1983's Cyryl Cielencki got a free kick in the 31st minute. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Volker Biermann to make the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in FC Kraków1983's zone, Felix Pellmann stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tobiasz Klawke came out of the goal and Felix Pellmann tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Tobiasz Klawke took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leonardo Güde, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to 1.FC Aufbau-Einsturz getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Felix Pellmann hit a great ball. 55 minutes into the match, Maciej Drzewucki notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of 1.FC Aufbau-Einsturz's Toralf Noldt. Toralf Noldt was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Tobiasz Klawke showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Volker Biermann, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. If Edgar Zbydniowski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. With his leg Toralf Noldt managed to avoid a goal in the 63rdth minute, when FC Kraków1983's Maciej Drzewucki fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. A collision led to 1.FC Aufbau-Einsturz getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Helge Thole hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, FC Kraków1983's Radomil Siekierski got a free kick in the 71st minute. A collision led to 1.FC Aufbau-Einsturz getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Felix Pellmann hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maciej Drzewucki in the 78th minute of play forced 1.FC Aufbau-Einsturz's goalkeeper Toralf Noldt to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Toralf Noldt stood somewhat misplaced when Maciej Drzewucki came free in front of goal and shot 1-3 to the left of him in the 83 minute. 87 minutes into the match, 1.FC Aufbau-Einsturz's Leonardo Güde sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tobiasz Klawke narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Toralf Noldt made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maciej Drzewucki in the 89th minute of play. Stefan Tönhardt hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. In the 92nd minute, Helge Thole hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Toralf Noldt showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edgar Zbydniowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. The FC Kraków1983 supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing FC Kraków1983 would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.