U21 World League

Field of Despair
Spectators: 7608 (Terracing: 5707, Seating: 1750, VIP seats: 151) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Nicolas Anelka started the match with the kick off. Nicolas Anelka fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hermann Althaus having to interfere. After 5 minutes of play, ---Atam Osmanlı---'s Nicolas Anelka made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Hermann Althaus was left in no man's land by his defense there! Xerxes Kamper blasted a shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ceyhun Mennan having to make a save. Ceyhun Mennan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Xerxes Kamper, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. When the match had gone on for 15 minutes, Nicolas Anelka put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Hermann Althaus. When Nicolas Anelka came up free with the goalie in the 17th minute, the ---Atam Osmanlı--- 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 Nicolas Anelka couldn't finish the play. When the match clock showed 19 minutes, the score became 0-3 when Nicolas Anelka sped through Möhnsen FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Hermann Althaus. Xerxes Kamper struck a weak shot in the 24th minute. Ceyhun Mennan didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Möhnsen FC. If Nicolas Anelka had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The throw-in from Oswald Binkert in the 32nd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by ---Atam Osmanlı---'s Emirşah Pekgöz. 37 minutes into the match, Nicolas Anelka had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Hermann Althaus. Möhnsen FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nicolas Anelka was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. Hermann Althaus showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nicolas Anelka, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. Nicolas Anelka sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. ---Atam Osmanlı---'s Nicolas Anelka got a good chance for a goal in the 44th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Nicolas Anelka's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hermann Althaus was relentless in the 46th minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 48 minutes, Nicolas Anelka put it in 0-5 from a short distance just to the right of Hermann Althaus.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Xerxes Kamper made a kick off. Hermann Althaus came out of the goal in the 55th minute to try and stop a shot by ---Atam Osmanlı---'s Nicolas Anelka. But to his dismay, Nicolas Anelka quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-6. Tansel Toktimur might have been able to make a better finish in the 57th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Hermann Althaus. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tansel Toktimur ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 59th match minute, ---Atam Osmanlı--- was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arif Bilge Hünerli to maneuver through the defense. Mo Canel hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Nicolas Anelka fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hermann Althaus having to interfere. Nicolas Anelka received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Hermann Althaus tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 67 minutes into the match, Möhnsen FC's goalkeeper Hermann Althaus had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nicolas Anelka. When the match clock showed 77 minutes, the score became 0-7 when Nicolas Anelka sped through Möhnsen FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Hermann Althaus. After 81 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Möhnsen FC! Baba Osmanlı sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Nicolas Anelka could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 87th minute of the match, but Hermann Althaus made a huge save. Nicolas Anelka sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hermann Althaus didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when ---Atam Osmanlı---'s Nicolas Anelka shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-9 in the ordered_time% minute. Möhnsen FC's Hermann Althaus proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 99th minute of the match, managed to save Möhnsen FC from getting a goal against them. 100 minutes into the match, ---Atam Osmanlı---'s Nicolas Anelka sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Hermann Althaus narrowly saved just below the crossbar. ---Atam Osmanlı---'s fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.