U23 World League

Hanne-Sobek-Stadion
Spectators: 8414 (Terracing: 6311, Seating: 1935, VIP seats: 168) Hertha 1969's Adam Jäckel started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After 4 played minutes Hertha 1969 got a freekick which was hit by Mark Stripf. Tomás Franco hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Tjark Ernst made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jiang Liang Wei in the 9th minute of play. TeamSystem's attentive Talha Özaltan managed to snatch the ball when Marcus Rall made a throw-in in the 10th minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jiang Liang Wei in the 14th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tjark Ernst saved Hertha 1969 from getting behind. 15 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when TeamSystem's Jiang Liang Wei fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. The audience held their breath when Hendrik Behloch in the 18th minute of the game managed to trick the opponents defenses and fired away a shot outside the goal on the Müslüm Harmandalı's left hand side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adam Jäckel in the 20th minute of play forced TeamSystem's goalkeeper Müslüm Harmandalı to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tjark Ernst showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jiang Liang Wei in the 21st minute of the match. In the 26th minute, Jiang Liang Wei ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tjark Ernst was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. In the 29th minute of the game Marcus Rall made a throw-in which Simon Stiehl played forward. Tjark Ernst stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jiang Liang Wei's shot from short distance in the 33rd minute. Hertha 1969's Tjark Ernst played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Onuralp Kılıçalp in the 34th minute of play. Tjark Ernst showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Severiano Enekoitz, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. A sloppy throw-in by Marcus Rall in the 41st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by TeamSystem's Talha Özaltan. Tjark Ernst showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jiang Liang Wei in the 42nd minute of the match. TeamSystem's Müslüm Harmandalı played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adam Jäckel in the 43rd minute of play. 46 minutes into the game, Hendrik Behloch recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Müslüm Harmandalı. Hendrik Behloch showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-1. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Severiano Enekoitz made a kick off. Tjark Ernst showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jiang Liang Wei, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Adam Jäckel kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. Müslüm Harmandalı took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pascal Prinzing, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Hertha 1969's Tjark Ernst got control of the ball when Jiang Liang Wei tried to sneak it across the goal line. 65 minutes into the match, TeamSystem's goal looked a bit too open when Adam Jäckel came free, but Müslüm Harmandalı reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 65th minute Adam Jäckel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Müslüm Harmandalı saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tjark Ernst took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jiang Liang Wei, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tjark Ernst made an important save on a dangerous shot by Onuralp Kılıçalp in the 68th minute. Talha Özaltan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tjark Ernst having to interfere. Hertha 1969's Tjark Ernst proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 74th minute of the match, managed to save Hertha 1969 from getting a goal against them. Müslüm Harmandalı took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pascal Prinzing, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tjark Ernst showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jiang Liang Wei, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. In the 82nd minute of the match TeamSystem got a corner. Hertha 1969's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Kazım Yalçın ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 83rd minute Onuralp Kılıçalp shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tjark Ernst saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match had gone on for 83 minutes, Onuralp Kılıçalp put it in 2-2 from a short distance just to the right of Tjark Ernst. TeamSystem's Müslüm Harmandalı played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mark Stripf in the 86th minute of play. TeamSystem's Müslüm Harmandalı played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adam Jäckel in the 88th minute of play. Tjark Ernst showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jiang Liang Wei, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute.