U23 World League

Aréna ŠKH
Spectators: 7541 (Terracing: 5657, Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 150) Matej Bulej started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 5 minutes into the match, Travis Trump notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of ŠK Horelica's Blažej Balzer. Blažej Balzer was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 13 played minutes ŠK Horelica got a freekick which was hit by Róbert Zábojník. After having played for 14 minutes, Ken Koppel managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Armageddon's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ken Koppel was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Elari Lõoke had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After some careless play in the ŠK Horelica defense, Elari Lõoke kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Blažej Balzer. The ŠK Horelica fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Blažej Balzer should have stopped the shot. The audience was convinced that Elari Lõoke's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Blažej Balzer was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. Vello Vitt sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Elari Lõoke in the 22nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Blažej Balzer prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Armageddon's Peeter Nurk proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save Armageddon from getting a goal against them. A collision led to ŠK Horelica getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Jozef Koštialik hit a great ball. In the 27th minute, Ken Koppel left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Armageddon fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. When Armageddon's Elari Lõoke in the 31st minute got a chance for a shot 31st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ŠK Horelica's goalie prevented a goal. Blažej Balzer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Elari Lõoke, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jozef Koštialik in the 39th minute of play forced Armageddon's goalkeeper Peeter Nurk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Blažej Balzer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ken Koppel in the 44th minute of play. When Armageddon's Elari Lõoke in the 47th minute got a chance for a shot 47th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ŠK Horelica's goalie prevented a goal. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Elari Lõoke to make the kick off. With his leg Blažej Balzer managed to avoid a goal in the 52ndth minute, when Armageddon's Elari Lõoke fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. A collision led to Armageddon getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Asso Vilep hit a great ball. When the match clock showed 65 minutes, the score became 0-6 when Elari Lõoke sped through ŠK Horelica's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Blažej Balzer. Blažej Balzer made an important save on a dangerous shot by Elari Lõoke in the 67th minute. Blažej Balzer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Elari Lõoke, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. A collision led to Armageddon getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Andrus Koikson hit a great ball. Blažej Balzer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ken Koppel in the 83rd minute of play. 84 minutes had been played when some careless play by ŠK Horelica's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Vello Vitt was slow to take the kick. During this time Armageddon's players had a chance to rest. Vello Vitt made a great header on Armageddon's corner, it was just that ŠK Horelica's Blažej Balzer managed to reach the ball for a save. 87 minutes into the match, Armageddon's goal looked a bit too open when Martin Čerňan came free, but Peeter Nurk reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Peeter Nurk made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Martin Čerňan in the 90th minute of play. ŠK Horelica's defense didn't have a chance, in the 94th minute, when Ken Koppel scored to the left of an out of position Blažej Balzer, making the score, 0-7. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Armageddon had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.