U23 World League

Emirates Stadium
Spectators: 8417 (Terracing: 6313, Seating: 1936, VIP seats: 168) Diego Armando Maradona started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 3rd match minute, club⚽ID⚽400547 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Igor Wallach to maneuver through the defense. Peter-Stefan Schmeichel made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Salomone Weber in the 4th minute of play. After 6 played minutes club⚽ID⚽400547 got a freekick which was hit by Rio Python. Espen Steelers's Nikola Portner played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Diego Armando Maradona in the 10th minute of play. In the 11th minute club⚽ID⚽400547 were awarded a corner. Florian Bugno went to the cornerflag to take it. 14 minutes into the game, Espen Steelers's Kurt Wüthrich nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Peter-Stefan Schmeichel made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. When the match had gone on for 19 minutes, Salomone Weber took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Peter-Stefan Schmeichel to make any attempt to save it. Nikola Portner showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Diego Armando Maradona, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Florian Bugno sent away a hard shot on goal in the 32nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nikola Portner took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Konstanty Kaczucha, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. club⚽ID⚽400547's Diego Armando Maradona got a good chance for a goal in the 36th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 37 minutes into the match, Espen Steelers's Ştefan Lupea sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Peter-Stefan Schmeichel narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 38 played minutes Espen Steelers got a freekick which was hit by Salomone Weber. Espen Steelers's Bryan Rohner was substituted for Salomone Weber. Peter-Stefan Schmeichel was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 46th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Vincent Albbrecht. In the 47th minute, Edgar Rzeszutek hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 48 minutes of play, Espen Steelers's Bryan Rohner made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Peter-Stefan Schmeichel was left in no man's land by his defense there! The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Bryan Rohner to make the kick off. 60 minutes into the game, Henri Schwersenz was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Espen Steelers's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave club⚽ID⚽400547 the free kick. The supporters of club⚽ID⚽400547 booed when Espen Steelers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 60 match minutes in a wonderful position. Henri Schwersenz didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 61st minute, Henri Schwersenz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 62nd minute, Diego Armando Maradona left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The club⚽ID⚽400547 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. The supporters of club⚽ID⚽400547 booed when Espen Steelers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lenny Rubin didn't get a good kick on the ball. club⚽ID⚽400547's Alfred Nikodemski was substituted for Florian Bugno. A collision led to club⚽ID⚽400547 getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Zheng Feng Yi hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kurt Wüthrich in the 80th minute of play forced club⚽ID⚽400547's goalkeeper Peter-Stefan Schmeichel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nikola Portner took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Konstanty Kaczucha, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 84th minute Diego Armando Maradona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nikola Portner saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Peter-Stefan Schmeichel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kurt Wüthrich in the 85th minute of the match. In the 87th minute Diego Armando Maradona shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nikola Portner saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Zheng Feng Yi lost his temper 91 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. The supporters of Espen Steelers booed when club⚽ID⚽400547 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 91 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zheng Feng Yi didn't get a good kick on the ball. club⚽ID⚽400547's Fede Valverde was substituted for Boguslaw Hajduk. After 93 played minutes club⚽ID⚽400547 got a freekick which was hit by Zheng Feng Yi. Peter-Stefan Schmeichel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ştefan Lupea, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute.