World League

Am Sportzentrum
Spectators: 7723 (Terracing: 5793, Seating: 1776, VIP seats: 154) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Alex Mansilha made the kick off which started today's match. Agresywne Leniwce's Michel Oblak proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save Agresywne Leniwce from getting a goal against them. Michel Oblak took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alex Mansilha, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Lutz Golke had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Dobrica Maksić in the 24th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Paul Heyckendorf saved Academica Pulheim from getting behind. 27 minutes into the match, Academica Pulheim's goal looked a bit too open when Olgierd Rozanski came free, but Paul Heyckendorf reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Michel Oblak made a fantastic save in the 28th minute, when Lutz Golke sent off a good shot on target. Kurt Ahrem could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 30th minute of the match, but Michel Oblak made a huge save. Kurt Ahrem received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Michel Oblak came out and tried to block the shot, but Kurt Ahrem slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 32nd minute. Lutz Golke in the 35thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Michel Oblak, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. After 36 minutes Agresywne Leniwce's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Alex Mansilha who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on Academica Pulheim's corner Alex Mansilha fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Michel Oblak quite easily take care of the ball. Paul Heyckendorf showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dobrica Maksić in the 44th minute of the match. Michel Oblak took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joachim Kretschmer, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

The wind increased when Olgierd Rozanski made the kick off in the second half. Paul Heyckendorf made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dobrica Maksić in the 52nd minute. 56 minutes into the match, Academica Pulheim's Kurt Ahrem sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Michel Oblak narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Agresywne Leniwce's Michel Oblak played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alex Mansilha in the 63rd minute of play. When the match had gone on for 65 minutes, Maxime Vrints put it in 4-0 from a short distance just to the right of Michel Oblak. The audience was convinced that Maxime Vrints's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Michel Oblak was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. In the 72nd minute Alex Mansilha shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Michel Oblak saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Michel Oblak took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Maxime Vrints, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Michel Oblak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zbigniew Setara in the 77th minute of the match. Michel Oblak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zbigniew Setara in the 80th minute of play. Academica Pulheim's Paul Heyckendorf played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zheng Qi Zheng in the 81st minute of play. After some careless play in the Agresywne Leniwce defense, Maxime Vrints kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Michel Oblak. The Agresywne Leniwce fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Michel Oblak should have stopped the shot. Academica Pulheim were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Agresywne Leniwce for a fine match.