U21 World League

Danylo Halytsky
Spectators: 7640 (Terracing: 5731, Seating: 1757, VIP seats: 152) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Myroslav Akymenko started the match with the kick off. Jochen Ziegler received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Andriy Trubin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 7th minute of the match, Myroslav Akymenko tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Alkestis Stasinopoulos saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carlos Dufresne in the 10th minute of play forced FC Ruh Lviv's goalkeeper Andriy Trubin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. FC Stadtclub's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Myroslav Akymenko 12 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Artur Lytvynchuk got free with Alkestis Stasinopoulos in the 19th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Timoteo Kirsch hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. A collision led to FC Ruh Lviv getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Artur Lytvynchuk hit a great ball. Federico Wagner kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. Danylo Bandera could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 35th minute of the match, but Alkestis Stasinopoulos made a huge save. With a little luck, FC Stadtclub's Alkestis Stasinopoulos got control of the ball when Kostyantyn Tereschenko tried to sneak it across the goal line. Artur Lytvynchuk hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. Andriy Trubin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jochen Ziegler, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. A collision led to FC Stadtclub getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Federico Wagner hit a great ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

After 51 played minutes FC Ruh Lviv got a freekick which was hit by Anatoliy Batyuk. The crowd rose to their feet as FC Stadtclub's Carlos Dufresne slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Andriy Trubin. That made the score 2-1 after 55 minutes of play. Svyatoslav Krutyvus kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, FC Ruh Lviv's Danylo Bandera got a free kick in the 63rd minute. Andriy Trubin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jochen Ziegler in the 65th minute. Kostyantyn Tereschenko's late challenge caught a FC Stadtclub's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kostyantyn Tereschenko helped the player get up and apologised. In the 75th minute, Kostyantyn Tereschenko hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. FC Ruh Lviv's Andriy Trubin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 78th minute of the match, managed to save FC Ruh Lviv from getting a goal against them. After 80 played minutes FC Stadtclub got a freekick which was hit by Lamberto Perktold. 81 minutes into the game, Federico Wagner was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FC Stadtclub's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC Ruh Lviv the free kick. In the 81st minute, one of FC Stadtclub:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for FC Stadtclub. FC Stadtclub:s Alkestis Stasinopoulos showed great skill when he stopped Myroslav Akymenko:s penalty. Artur Lytvynchuk took the ball and in the 83 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Alkestis Stasinopoulos. Alkestis Stasinopoulos dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. If Myroslav Akymenko had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Carlos Dufresne kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. 95 minutes into the match, FC Stadtclub's goal looked a bit too open when Danylo Bandera came free, but Alkestis Stasinopoulos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 96 played minutes FC Stadtclub got a freekick which was hit by Gibson Dürst. In the 97th match minute, FC Stadtclub was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Timoteo Kirsch to maneuver through the defense. Alkestis Stasinopoulos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Danylo Bandera in the 98th minute of play. FC Ruh Lviv's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.