U23 World League

Freyel Sportcenter
Spectators: 7953 (Terracing: 5966, Seating: 1829, VIP seats: 158) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when 盛世 Bati kicked off to start the match. Gottfrid Tolsson made in the 2nd minute of the game a quick throw-in and Kostas Gärtner immediately put the ball in play. Norman Ackermann could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 6th minute of the match, but Amos Buckland made a huge save. Cícero Proença made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 盛世 Bati in the 8th minute of play. Harry Cool's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Bran Greenan in the 9th minute. A nice corner shot did that Bran Greenan got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Cícero Proença quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. An unexpectedly hard shot by 盛世 Bati in the 12th minute of play forced SC Otten's goalkeeper Cícero Proença to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 13 minutes had been played when some careless play by SC Otten's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Bran Greenan was slow to take the kick. During this time Harry Cool's players had a chance to rest. Gernot Graul tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Cícero Proença. An unnecessary self made goal, 0-1 in the 13th minute. 盛世 Bati recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 16th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The crowd rose to their feet as Hette Kiewiet kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Amos Buckland. That made the score 2-1 in the 26 minute of play. When the match clock showed 33 minutes, the score became 2-2 when 盛世 Bati sped through SC Otten's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Cícero Proença. Cícero Proença showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 盛世 Bati in the 37th minute of the match. In the 42nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Harry Cool's goalkeeper Amos Buckland, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. If Kostas Gärtner had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After a defensive mix-up in SC Otten's zone, 盛世 Bati stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Cícero Proença came out of the goal and 盛世 Bati tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Kostas Gärtner might have been able to make a better finish in the 52nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Amos Buckland. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Kostas Gärtner ran back to his position shaking his head. The supporters of SC Otten booed when Harry Cool was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bran Greenan didn't get a good kick on the ball. Harry Cool's Jaffery Kesi was substituted for Bran Greenan. Amos Buckland made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hette Kiewiet in the 75th minute of play. SC Otten's Hette Kiewiet got a good chance for a goal in the 77th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Amos Buckland showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Norman Ackermann, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. When 盛世 Bati came up free with the goalie in the 87th minute, the Harry Cool 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 盛世 Bati couldn't finish the play. Jacobs Kuskoff's late challenge caught a SC Otten's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jacobs Kuskoff helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Harry Cool's Jacobs Kuskoff got a free kick in the 91st minute. 94 minutes into the game, Brent Petersen was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Harry Cool's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave SC Otten the free kick. A collision led to Harry Cool getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Brent Petersen hit a great ball.