U21 World League

Nordharz Stadion
Spectators: 7666 (Terracing: 5751, Seating: 1762, VIP seats: 153) Tama's Jesus Iruinea started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After a rather tough play, SV Bad Harzburg's Willi Rau got a free kick in the 4th minute. In the 6th match minute, Tama was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gervasio Lucila to maneuver through the defense. Patricio Gartxot showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marc Richter in the 8th minute of the match. If Halldor Sönksen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 11 minutes into the match, SV Bad Harzburg's goal looked a bit too open when Hernan Olayo came free, but Tim Wiese reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 12 minutes into the match, Valentin Senen notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of SV Bad Harzburg's Tim Wiese. Tim Wiese was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 14th match minute, Tama was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lorenzo Silvanito to maneuver through the defense. In the 18th minute, Marc Richter left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The SV Bad Harzburg fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. SV Bad Harzburg's Halldor Sönksen managed to work through Tama's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Halldor Sönksen dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. 31 minutes into the game, SV Bad Harzburg's Marc Richter nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Patricio Gartxot made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. 39 minutes into the match, Tama's Hernan Olayo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tim Wiese narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 39 played minutes SV Bad Harzburg got a freekick which was hit by Roswin Schön. When SV Bad Harzburg's Marc Richter in the 43rd minute got a chance for a shot 43rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Tama's goalie prevented a goal. 45 minutes into the match, Tama's goal looked a bit too open when Lars Schira came free, but Patricio Gartxot reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 46th minute of the match SV Bad Harzburg got a corner. Tama's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Roswin Schön ran over to the corner to take the kick. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Marc Richter to make the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Tama's zone, Lars Schira stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Patricio Gartxot came out of the goal and Lars Schira tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Patricio Gartxot took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marc Richter, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Patricio Gartxot made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marc Richter in the 63rd minute of play. In the 65th minute Hernan Olayo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tim Wiese saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 71st minute, Tama's Rigoberto Eleazar seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Rigoberto Eleazar the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Tama protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Rigoberto Eleazar had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 71st minute of the game. One of Tama:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of SV Bad Harzburg:s goal. A collision led to Tama getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Valentin Senen hit a great ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Lorenzo Silvanito during the 78th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 78 played minutes Tama got a freekick which was hit by Lorenzo Silvanito. Tim Wiese came out of the goal in the 81st minute to try and stop a shot by Tama's Elvio Benitez. But to his dismay, Elvio Benitez quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-2. Elvio Benitez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The SV Bad Harzburg fans' excitement grew in the 93rd match minute when SV Bad Harzburg's Halldor Sönksen 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 4-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. SV Bad Harzburg fully deserved thier win.