U23 World League

Traugutta Park
Spectators: 7481 (Terracing: 5612, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ricky Bonhoeffer started the match with the kick off. Ricky Bonhoeffer hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Nadzieja Speed Elblag's Andy Scholte got a free kick in the 4th minute. In the 6th minute, Andy Scholte reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Benedikt Lettinger. The goal made the score 1-0. After 9 played minutes Nadzieja Speed Elblag got a freekick which was hit by Andy Scholte. 12 minutes into the match, Edson Neidlein had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Teun Gierman. Nadzieja Speed Elblag's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Edson Neidlein was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. In the 25thth minute of the game Andy Scholte who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Möhnsen FC's Benedikt Lettinger was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience was convinced that Ricky Bonhoeffer's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Teun Gierman was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. Ricky Bonhoeffer sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Nadzieja Speed Elblag's Pim van Gaal got a free kick in the 32nd minute. Teun Gierman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lasse Linsert in the 38th minute of play. Benedikt Lettinger showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andy Scholte, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Pim van Gaal was the one to do the kick off. In the 51st minute the ball was on its way in behind Nadzieja Speed Elblag's goalkeeper Teun Gierman, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. A collision led to Nadzieja Speed Elblag getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Bart Koekkoek hit a great ball. After some careless play in the Nadzieja Speed Elblag defense, Ricky Bonhoeffer kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Teun Gierman. The Nadzieja Speed Elblag fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Teun Gierman should have stopped the shot. Teun Gierman stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ricky Bonhoeffer's shot from short distance in the 57th minute. Ricky Bonhoeffer sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. With a little luck, Nadzieja Speed Elblag's Teun Gierman got control of the ball when Ricky Bonhoeffer tried to sneak it across the goal line. With a little luck, Nadzieja Speed Elblag's Teun Gierman got control of the ball when Ricky Bonhoeffer tried to sneak it across the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 88th minute, Arndt Heil managed to get in a good position for a shot. Möhnsen FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Arndt Heil was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Teun Gierman breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.