U23 World League

Jose Angel Zuazaga
Spectators: 7478 (Terracing: 5610, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) Leroy Sane's late challenge caught a Mercado Paulista F.C's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Leroy Sane helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Hamburg Fighters getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Leroy Sane hit a great ball. Ramon Tancredo struck a weak shot in the 8th minute. Matthew Jastrzembowski didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Mercado Paulista F.C. In the 12th minute, Luka Reich ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Diego Vargas was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Friedel Wahlberg took the ball and in the 19 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Diego Vargas. Diego Vargas dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Baldomero Hernandez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Matthew Jastrzembowski having to interfere. If Ramon Tancredo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Matthew Jastrzembowski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Baldomero Hernandez, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. In the 27th minute Luka Reich shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Diego Vargas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Baldomero Hernandez struck a weak shot in the 28th minute. Matthew Jastrzembowski didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Mercado Paulista F.C. Diego Vargas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luka Reich, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by David Fraco during the 32nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Mercado Paulista F.C getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. David Fraco hit a great ball. In the 34th minute, Luka Reich made a precise shot to the right of Diego Vargas. Mercado Paulista F.C's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. 38 minutes into the game, Hamburg Fighters's Luka Reich nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Diego Vargas made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. Baldomero Hernandez struck a weak shot in the 43rd minute. Matthew Jastrzembowski didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Mercado Paulista F.C. Diego Vargas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Luka Reich went, in the 47th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score.

The wind increased when Baldomero Hernandez made the kick off in the second half. Ramon Tancredo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kilian Gutrath got free with Diego Vargas in the 62nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of Mercado Paulista F.C booed when Hamburg Fighters was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leroy Sane didn't get a good kick on the ball. Diego Vargas was out of position in the 65 minute of play, and Luka Reich capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Luka Reich really showed his touch with that goal: 0-6. In the 73rd minute, Hamburg Fighters's Friedel Wahlberg dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-7. The supporters of Mercado Paulista F.C booed when Hamburg Fighters was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kilian Gutrath didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luka Reich in the 78th minute of play forced Mercado Paulista F.C's goalkeeper Diego Vargas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 80 minutes, Friedel Wahlberg managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Hamburg Fighters's supporters crossed their fingers, but Friedel Wahlberg was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Kilian Gutrath kicked well hit freekick during the 85th minute of the match. When Ramon Tancredo fell near the penalty area in the 91st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Mercado Paulista F.C's protests and gave Ramon Tancredo a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Mercado Paulista F.C getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Ramon Tancredo hit a great ball. Kilian Gutrath received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Diego Vargas came out and tried to block the shot, but Kilian Gutrath slotted it home off the left post making it 0-8 in the 93rd minute. Hamburg Fighters's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.