League

Stadion Grbavica
Spectators: 9366 (Terracing: 7026, Seating: 2154, VIP seats: 186) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Benedetto Louis started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd match minute, Uebeschi Rangers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ole Grotto to maneuver through the defense. Ceddric Bircher showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Metin Kayaalp in the 9th minute of the match. THE MANIACS 1987's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Vittoriano Nacht in the 13th minute. Ceddric Bircher took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Metin Kayaalp, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 18 minutes, Benedetto Louis put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Ceddric Bircher. Ceddric Bircher showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Metin Kayaalp, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. 22 minutes into the match, Marino Rüdy had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ceddric Bircher. THE MANIACS 1987's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Marino Rüdy was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. In the 26th minute of the match THE MANIACS 1987 got a corner. Uebeschi Rangers's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Vittoriano Nacht ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on THE MANIACS 1987's corner Simon Kohler fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Stanislav Yakovlev quite easily take care of the ball. In the 29th match minute, Uebeschi Rangers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marino Rüdy to maneuver through the defense. Simone Menz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Stanislav Yakovlev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 40th minute, Boris Provoost reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Stanislav Yakovlev. The goal made the score 1-2. Ceddric Bircher took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marino Rüdy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ceddric Bircher showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marino Rüdy, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Boris Provoost stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. If Boris Provoost had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ceddric Bircher took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Metin Kayaalp, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 55th minute Uebeschi Rangers were awarded a corner. Metin Kayaalp went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on Uebeschi Rangers's corner Metin Kayaalp fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ceddric Bircher quite easily take care of the ball. Vittoriano Nacht sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Marino Rüdy kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Simone Menz in the 65th minute of play forced Uebeschi Rangers's goalkeeper Stanislav Yakovlev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Olof Bolla sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Simone Menz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Stanislav Yakovlev didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vittoriano Nacht went, in the 71st minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. 79 minutes into the match, THE MANIACS 1987's goal looked a bit too open when Dan Piț came free, but Ceddric Bircher reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 83rd minute, Torin Konig hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Uebeschi Rangers made a substitution. Reto Pascolo replaced Patrick Franceschini. After 84 played minutes Uebeschi Rangers got a freekick which was hit by Torin Konig. After 91 minutes of play, THE MANIACS 1987's Vittoriano Nacht made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Stanislav Yakovlev was left in no man's land by his defense there! The crowd rose to their feet as Dan Piț kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Ceddric Bircher. That made the score 3-3 in the 95 minute of play. The Uebeschi Rangers players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented THE MANIACS 1987 from taking control. The game ends in a draw.