U23 World League

Am Sportzentrum
Spectators: 7719 (Terracing: 5790, Seating: 1775, VIP seats: 154) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Abel Ferdinand made the kick off which started today's match. Ralph Wickede hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Academica Pulheim's Slaven Dietze played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abel Ferdinand in the 8th minute of play. When Lisandro Igon fell near the penalty area in the 9th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Deportivo Tachito's protests and gave Lisandro Igon a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Deportivo Tachito getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Lisandro Igon hit a great ball. Remi Schoenmaekers fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Slaven Dietze having to interfere. Edgar Gomminginger received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Felipe Dabi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Felipe Dabi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carsten Boy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 20th match minute, Deportivo Tachito was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Conrado Obano to maneuver through the defense. In the 22nd match minute, Academica Pulheim was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Carl Derm to maneuver through the defense. In the 32nd minute of the match, Moritz Christe tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Felipe Dabi saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. A collision led to Academica Pulheim getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Moritz Christe hit a great ball. 34 minutes into the match, Deportivo Tachito's Manuel Bilintx sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Slaven Dietze narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Remi Schoenmaekers received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Slaven Dietze tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Slaven Dietze showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Manuel Bilintx in the 39th minute of the match. Pinkus Mack's late challenge caught a Deportivo Tachito's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Pinkus Mack helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Deportivo Tachito booed when Academica Pulheim was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pinkus Mack didn't get a good kick on the ball. Academica Pulheim were furious when Carl Derm was red carded, 41 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. 41 minutes into the game, one of Academica Pulheim:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Academica Pulheim:s Slaven Dietze showed great skill when he stopped Abel Ferdinand:s penalty. Meinolf Rebe fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Felipe Dabi having to interfere.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Moritz Christe to make the kick off. 52 minutes into the match, Moritz Christe had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Felipe Dabi. Deportivo Tachito's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Moritz Christe was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. After 57 minutes of play, Academica Pulheim's Moritz Christe made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Felipe Dabi was left in no man's land by his defense there! Academica Pulheim's Florian Schulitz was substituted for Moritz Christe. 72 minutes into the match, Academica Pulheim's goal looked a bit too open when Remi Schoenmaekers came free, but Slaven Dietze reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Manuel Bilintx in the 88th minute of play forced Academica Pulheim's goalkeeper Slaven Dietze to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 93 minutes into the match, Florian Schulitz notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Deportivo Tachito's Felipe Dabi. Felipe Dabi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 96th minute, Florian Schulitz made a precise shot to the right of Felipe Dabi. Deportivo Tachito's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0. Academica Pulheim's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.