U21 World League

Theater of War
Spectators: 7789 (Terracing: 5843, Seating: 1791, VIP seats: 155) Ivo Claus started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Boleslaw Trzenzalski kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. In the 8th minute of the match Hannes Kapell shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Bogumil Madajczyk showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 10 minutes into the match, Bękarty Wojny's goal looked a bit too open when Björn Mokros came free, but Bogumil Madajczyk reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 13th match minute, Bękarty Wojny was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Boleslaw Trzenzalski to maneuver through the defense. In the 14thth minute of the game Björn Mokros who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Bękarty Wojny's Bogumil Madajczyk was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 16 played minutes Rot-Weiss-Essen got a freekick which was hit by Maurizio Brink. After 17 played minutes Rot-Weiss-Essen got a freekick which was hit by Ivo Claus. With his leg Uwe Ziege managed to avoid a goal in the 21stth minute, when Bękarty Wojny's Cyprian Gardocki fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 24th minute Dariusz Biraga shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Uwe Ziege saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sascha Andre Rennert in the 32nd minute of play forced Bękarty Wojny's goalkeeper Bogumil Madajczyk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 34 played minutes Kazimierz Ligas rounded Rot-Weiss-Essen's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-0. Maurizio Brink was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 37 minutes into the match. In a very dangerous position, a player in Rot-Weiss-Essen fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 36th minute. Penalty! The audience thought a goal was coming when Zdzislaw Kanczuszewski got free with Uwe Ziege in the 44th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cyprian Gardocki stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Uwe Ziege showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cyprian Gardocki in the 50th minute of the match. If Kazimierz Ligas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 53rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Kazimierz Ligas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Uwe Ziege having to interfere. Boleslaw Trzenzalski's late challenge caught a Rot-Weiss-Essen's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Boleslaw Trzenzalski helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Rot-Weiss-Essen booed when Bękarty Wojny was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Boleslaw Trzenzalski didn't get a good kick on the ball. After having played for 67 minutes, Sascha Andre Rennert managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Rot-Weiss-Essen's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sascha Andre Rennert was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 77th minute Zdzislaw Kanczuszewski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Uwe Ziege saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 86th minute Cyprian Gardocki shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Uwe Ziege saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 91st minute, Björn Mokros hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 92nd minute Cyprian Gardocki shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Uwe Ziege saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Bękarty Wojny had played much better football throughout.