U23 World League

Arena Gmunden
Spectators: 7671 (Terracing: 5754, Seating: 1764, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Szymon Faron made the kick off which started today's match. When Johann Hesse came up free with the goalie in the 5th minute, the BiBa 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 Johann Hesse couldn't finish the play. In the 11th minute, BiBa's Severin Katzer seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Severin Katzer the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of BiBa protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Severin Katzer had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 11th minute, one of BiBa: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 BiBa. Ralf-Willy Fürderer had in the 13thth minute some difficulties stopping Pankracy Pryla's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. In the 14th minute Shaolin soccer were awarded a corner. Pankracy Pryla went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Emil Karp got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Ralf-Willy Fürderer quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Steven Schuster recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 18th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Andre-Yann Latocha was extremely unlucky when he, in the 20th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. BiBa's Ralf-Willy Fürderer played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Szymon Faron in the 21st minute of play. Christian Demmel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Bartosz Lech tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the BiBa defense, Szymon Faron kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ralf-Willy Fürderer. The BiBa fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ralf-Willy Fürderer should have stopped the shot. 34 minutes into the match, BiBa's goal looked a bit too open when Szymon Faron came free, but Ralf-Willy Fürderer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ralf-Willy Fürderer didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Emil Karp went, in the 35th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Miroslaw Cielencki charged in rather forcefully in the 43rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Miroslaw Cielencki the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 42nd minute, one of Shaolin soccer: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 Shaolin soccer. With a little luck, Shaolin soccer's Bartosz Lech got control of the ball when Andre-Yann Latocha tried to sneak it across the goal line. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

In the 55th minute Heiko Yuschni shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bartosz Lech saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 56thth minute of the game Christian Demmel who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Shaolin soccer's Bartosz Lech was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Andre-Yann Latocha fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bartosz Lech having to interfere. Bartosz Lech took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Christian Demmel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bartosz Lech showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christian Demmel in the 60th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Szymon Faron in the 61st minute of play forced BiBa's goalkeeper Ralf-Willy Fürderer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 64th minute, Andre-Yann Latocha made a precise shot to the right of Bartosz Lech. Shaolin soccer's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. In the 67th minute Christian Demmel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bartosz Lech saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Shaolin soccer defense, Christian Demmel kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bartosz Lech. The Shaolin soccer fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bartosz Lech should have stopped the shot. Steven Schuster kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. A collision led to Shaolin soccer getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Olgierd Pietrasz hit a great ball. Christian Demmel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 79th match minute, Shaolin soccer was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Olgierd Pietrasz to maneuver through the defense. 84 minutes into the match, Shaolin soccer's goal looked a bit too open when Christian Demmel came free, but Bartosz Lech reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 85th minute Andre-Yann Latocha shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bartosz Lech saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bartosz Lech came out of the goal in the 85th minute to try and stop a shot by BiBa's Andre-Yann Latocha. But to his dismay, Andre-Yann Latocha quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-2. If Heiko Yuschni had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Christian Demmel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 95 minutes of play, BiBa's Christian Demmel made it 4-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bartosz Lech was left in no man's land by his defense there! There was no doubt that BiBa were the better team. BiBa's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.