U23 World League

Goodfellas Arena
Spectators: 7549 (Terracing: 5663, Seating: 1736, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Roswin Westermayer took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute Tor Jäger shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Taavi Jõekallas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 10th minute, Roswin Westermayer left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Tiger fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Taavi Jõekallas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elis Färber in the 13th minute of play. Albrecht Kowalke took the ball and in the 17 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Taavi Jõekallas. Taavi Jõekallas dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Tor Jäger received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Taavi Jõekallas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a little luck, Tiger's Wolf Poll got control of the ball when Endel Emane tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, Tiger's Kayacan Tahir got a free kick in the 26th minute. Wolf Poll acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 27th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Tanel Raju. After 28 played minutes, Tiger's Elis Färber shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Taavi Jõekallas came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Tiger reached it. Taavi Jõekallas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roswin Westermayer in the 30th minute of the match. After 32 minutes of play, Tiger's Albrecht Kowalke made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Taavi Jõekallas was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 40th minute, Tor Jäger made a precise shot to the right of Taavi Jõekallas. FC Goodfellas's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. 42 minutes into the match, FC Goodfellas's goal looked a bit too open when Roswin Westermayer came free, but Taavi Jõekallas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 45th match minute, Tiger was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Roswin Westermayer to maneuver through the defense.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Endel Emane to make the kick off. Taavi Jõekallas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Albrecht Kowalke, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. 59 minutes into the match, Arvid Wacker had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Taavi Jõekallas. FC Goodfellas's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Arvid Wacker was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-5. In the 67th minute Endel Emane shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wolf Poll saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Taavi Jõekallas made a fantastic save in the 73rd minute, when Albrecht Kowalke sent off a good shot on target. The crowd rose to their feet as Tiger's Albrecht Kowalke slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Taavi Jõekallas. That made the score 0-6 after 75 minutes of play. In the 78th minute, Tiger's Tor Jäger ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Taavi Jõekallas. Taavi Jõekallas yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-7. Tiger's Ulrich Pickartz was substituted for Arvid Wacker. FC Goodfellas's defense didn't have a chance, in the 83rd minute, when Roswin Westermayer scored to the left of an out of position Taavi Jõekallas, making the score, 0-8. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Tanel Raju during the 87th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Elis Färber took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 88th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Taavi Jõekallas. FC Goodfellas's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The audience was convinced that Roswin Westermayer's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Taavi Jõekallas was relentless in the 89th minute of the game. Tor Jäger's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 90thth minute, Taavi Jõekallas skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Tiger's Albrecht Kowalke got a good chance for a goal in the 94th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When the final whistle sounded Tiger left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than FC Goodfellas.