League

Dragon of Abadim
Spectators: 7777 (Terracing: 5833, Seating: 1789, VIP seats: 155) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Salvatore Acciaro took the kick off in the first half of the match. If Manolito Müller had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of Abadim Youth Academy booed when FC Kuh was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Salvatore Acciaro didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 7th minute, Remo Lüdi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Salvatore Acciaro came up free with the goalie in the 8th minute, the FC Kuh 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 Salvatore Acciaro couldn't finish the play. Bobby Tano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pietro Bettinelli in the 10th minute of play. 11 minutes into the match, Abadim Youth Academy's goal looked a bit too open when Salvatore Acciaro came free, but Marius Fröhlicher reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 13 minutes into the match, Salvatore Acciaro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marius Fröhlicher. Abadim Youth Academy's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Salvatore Acciaro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Salvatore Acciaro in the 18th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marius Fröhlicher saved Abadim Youth Academy from getting behind. If Salvatore Acciaro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Titus Schwartz kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. After 31 minutes of play, FC Kuh's Salvatore Acciaro made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marius Fröhlicher was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 33rd minute Salvatore Acciaro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marius Fröhlicher saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Salvatore Acciaro in the 35th minute of play forced Abadim Youth Academy's goalkeeper Marius Fröhlicher to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 39th minute the ball was on its way in behind Abadim Youth Academy's goalkeeper Marius Fröhlicher, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Marius Fröhlicher showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ephraim Haller in the 41st minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Abadim Youth Academy's Bastien Hammer got a free kick in the 41st minute. Abadim Youth Academy's Marius Fröhlicher played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ephraim Haller in the 42nd minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Bastien Hammer during the 43rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 43rd match minute, Abadim Youth Academy was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bastien Hammer to maneuver through the defense. Ephraim Haller received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 48th minute. Marius Fröhlicher tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Pietro Bettinelli was the one to do the kick off. Bobby Tano didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rainer Bayer went, in the 55th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Bastien Hammer got his second yellow card in the match during the 61st minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ephraim Haller got free with Marius Fröhlicher in the 68th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Marius Fröhlicher took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Salvatore Acciaro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ephraim Haller recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 71st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 74 minutes into the match, FC Kuh's goal looked a bit too open when Rainer Bayer came free, but Bobby Tano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 75th minute, Pietro Bettinelli managed to get in a good position for a shot. Abadim Youth Academy's supporters rose to their feet, but Pietro Bettinelli was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Bobby Tano breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When Salvatore Acciaro came up free with the goalie in the 82nd minute, the FC Kuh 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 Salvatore Acciaro couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, FC Kuh's Manolito Müller got a free kick in the 83rd minute. After 86 played minutes, FC Kuh's Arne Gartenmann shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Marius Fröhlicher came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in FC Kuh reached it. 89 minutes into the match, Abadim Youth Academy's goal looked a bit too open when Salvatore Acciaro came free, but Marius Fröhlicher reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Salvatore Acciaro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Salvatore Acciaro's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marius Fröhlicher was relentless in the 98th minute of the game. FC Kuh played a much better game than Abadim Youth Academy and deserved their victory. The Abadim Youth Academy players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.