U23 World League

Wöllersdorf Arena
Spectators: 7476 (Terracing: 5608, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Sven Uter started the match with the kick off. After a rather tough play, FC Wöllersdorf's Michael Lachmann got a free kick in the 3rd minute. In the 5th minute Felix Gudmundsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Benjamin Knor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jan-Benedikt Bartel came free with the goalkeeper in the 8th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Marcus Svanér could save by the left post. Benjamin Knor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Felix Gudmundsson in the 10th minute of play. Jan-Benedikt Bartel let the left foot speak when in front of goal in the 11th minute shot 1-0 at rihgt post. Benjamin Knor made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Felix Gudmundsson in the 17th minute of play. 19 minutes into the game, Felix Gudmundsson cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Benjamin Knor was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Benjamin Knor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Karl-Magnus Spetz, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. After 26 minutes of play, Eleven Nation Army's Karl-Magnus Spetz made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Benjamin Knor was left in no man's land by his defense there! Jan-Benedikt Bartel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Marcus Svanér tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Andreas Kulovitz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcus Svanér having to interfere. Jan-Benedikt Bartels short, quick shot in the 33rdth minute got Marcus Svanér to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After a rather tough play, FC Wöllersdorf's Kim Traintinger got a free kick in the 36th minute. Benjamin Knor showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sven Uter, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Thanks to some nice moves Jan-Benedikt Bartel could shoot a difficult shot in the 42nd minute, which Marcus Svanér however easily saved by the left post. The FC Wöllersdorf players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Eleven Nation Army were winning 1-3.

After 52 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Eleven Nation Army! Benjamin Knor didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Felix Gudmundsson went, in the 57th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-4 was the resulting score. In the 62nd minute, Felix Gudmundsson ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Benjamin Knor was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-5. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kim Traintinger in the 65th minute of play forced Eleven Nation Army's goalkeeper Marcus Svanér to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sven Uter got free with Benjamin Knor in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. FC Wöllersdorf's Benjamin Knor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Karl-Magnus Spetz in the 71st minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Sven Uter kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Benjamin Knor. That made the score 2-6 in the 73 minute of play. After 77 played minutes Eleven Nation Army got a freekick which was hit by Göran Kristiansson. After 80 played minutes Karl-Magnus Spetz rounded FC Wöllersdorf's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 2-7. Marcus Svanér showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jan-Benedikt Bartel, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. 88 minutes into the match, FC Wöllersdorf's goal looked a bit too open when Felix Gudmundsson came free, but Benjamin Knor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Benjamin Knor was out of position in the 90 minute of play, and Karl-Magnus Spetz capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Karl-Magnus Spetz really showed his touch with that goal: 2-8. In the 94th minute, Sven Uter made a precise shot to the right of Benjamin Knor. FC Wöllersdorf's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-9. Eleven Nation Army's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.