U18 League

Vladikavkaz
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Jonas Wehren got the match started through his kick off. With his leg Mario Grebe managed to avoid a goal in the 2ndth minute, when Arsenal F.C.'s Valeriy Chirkov fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. A collision led to International Thunders getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Tobi Pircher hit a great ball. Mario Grebe stood somewhat misplaced when Valeriy Chirkov came free in front of goal and shot 1-0 to the left of him in the 6 minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Valeriy Gribin kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Mario Grebe. That made the score 2-0 in the 10 minute of play. Arkadiy Svetlov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mario Grebe showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eduard Florianov, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. 19 minutes into the game, Valeriy Gribin recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Mario Grebe. Valeriy Gribin showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 3-0. Arkadiy Svetlov had several of the International Thunders's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 22 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 4-0 score and a disappointed Mario Grebe as he didn't even see the shot coming. In the 29th minute, Valeriy Chirkov got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 30th minute, Colin Schwarz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in International Thunders's zone, Valeriy Chirkov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mario Grebe came out of the goal and Valeriy Chirkov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Jonas Wehren in the 35th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Pavel Chabanov prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Pavel Chabanov came out of the goal in the 40th minute to try and stop a shot by International Thunders's Jonas Wehren. But to his dismay, Jonas Wehren quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-1. A collision led to Arsenal F.C. getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Georgiy Frolov hit a great ball. Pavel Chabanov didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when International Thunders's Pascal Oehlert shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 4-2 in the ordered_time% minute. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 4-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Valeriy Chirkov made a kick off. Valeriy Gribin scored 5-2 in the 51st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mario Grebe, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pascal Oehlert in the 58th minute of play forced Arsenal F.C.'s goalkeeper Pavel Chabanov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 61st minute, Robert Schlager fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. 64 minutes into the match, International Thunders's goal looked a bit too open when Valeriy Chirkov came free, but Mario Grebe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Arkadiy Svetlov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Dennis Bartl kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. 72 minutes into the match, International Thunders's goal looked a bit too open when Valeriy Gribin came free, but Mario Grebe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 79th minute Tobi Pircher shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pavel Chabanov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 82nd minute of the match Valeriy Gribin shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Mario Grebe showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Pavel Chabanov was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Tobi Pircher showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 5-3 in the 83 minute of play. In the 89thth minute of the game Valeriy Chirkov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but International Thunders's Mario Grebe was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Mario Grebe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eduard Florianov in the 90th minute of play. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Arsenal F.C. fans cheered their team off the field, for while International Thunders had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.