U18 League

Fighters Stadion
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Markus Paul Schürhoff started the match with the kick off. After 4 played minutes Team Pogba got a freekick which was hit by Brynn Murtagh. Hamburg Fighters's Nolan Bästlein played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Freddy Friebe in the 6th minute of play. Garry Warden made an important save on a dangerous shot by Toni Diergardt in the 7th minute. A collision led to Hamburg Fighters getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Toni Diergardt hit a great ball. Rich Tinker fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nolan Bästlein having to interfere. A collision led to Hamburg Fighters getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Gerard Kapteina hit a great ball. Nolan Bästlein showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Freddy Friebe in the 18th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Freddy Friebe in the 27th minute of play forced Hamburg Fighters's goalkeeper Nolan Bästlein to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Spike Wheeler's late challenge caught a Hamburg Fighters's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Spike Wheeler helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Team Pogba getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Spike Wheeler hit a great ball. Nolan Bästlein made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Freddy Friebe in the 39th minute of play. Nolan Bästlein made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Chesney Eubank in the 45th minute of play. Markus Paul Schürhoff kicked well hit freekick during the 46th minute of the match. After 48 minutes of play, Team Pogba's Rich Tinker made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nolan Bästlein was left in no man's land by his defense there! Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Freddy Friebe to strike the kick off in the second half. Antony Rockey kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. Garry Warden took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Markus Paul Schürhoff, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thanks to some nice moves Freddy Friebe could shoot a difficult shot in the 64th minute, which Nolan Bästlein however easily saved by the left post. In the 65th minute Freddy Friebe shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nolan Bästlein saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Freddy Friebe was extremely unlucky when he, in the 67th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Nolan Bästlein showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rich Tinker, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. A hard shot 72 in the game by Freddy Friebe from a close distance when the talented Nolan Bästlein managed to make a qualified save. Hamburg Fighters's players were relieved. Zane Beadle fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nolan Bästlein having to interfere. In the 78th minute Zane Beadle shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nolan Bästlein saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Freddy Friebe in the 82nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Nolan Bästlein saved Hamburg Fighters from getting behind. In the 84th match minute, Hamburg Fighters was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Enzo Huber to maneuver through the defense. Freddy Friebe fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nolan Bästlein having to interfere. Hamburg Fighters's Nolan Bästlein proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 88th minute of the match, managed to save Hamburg Fighters from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, Hamburg Fighters's Nolan Bästlein got control of the ball when Chesney Eubank tried to sneak it across the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Freddy Friebe kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Nolan Bästlein. That made the score 0-4 in the 94 minute of play. Hamburg Fighters's Nolan Bästlein played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Freddy Friebe in the 99th minute of play. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Team Pogba had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.