U23 League

Leitawis
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Andries Verstraeten started the match with the kick off. Abel Goethuys lost his temper 4 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 4th minute, Abel Goethuys hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jeroen Himschoot acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 5th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Antonio Jauch. Jeroen Himschoot was out of position in the 6 minute of play, and Ismaele Santo Strub capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Ismaele Santo Strub really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. FC Triesenberg's Sandro Andersen was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 13th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. In the 15th match minute, FC Triesenberg was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Christof Schwitter to maneuver through the defense. In the 18th minute, Stjepan Sozzi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Triesenberg fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. 21 minutes into the match, Sandro Andersen notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of Portus Ganda's Jeroen Himschoot. Jeroen Himschoot was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 25th match minute, FC Triesenberg was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Olcay von Opel to maneuver through the defense. Jeroen Himschoot didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 29th minute, which inside left pole to 6-0. In the 31st minute, FC Triesenberg's Ismaele Santo Strub ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Jeroen Himschoot. Jeroen Himschoot yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 7-0. In the 39th minute Christof Schwitter shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jeroen Himschoot saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Sandro Andersen kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Jeroen Himschoot. That made the score 8-0 in the 44 minute of play. 48 minutes into the match, Antonio Jauch dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Jeroen Himschoot, 9-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 9-0 at half-time.

Jeroen Himschoot took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stjepan Sozzi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, FC Triesenberg's Olcay von Opel got a free kick in the 59th minute. Güralp Ergüleç struck a weak shot in the 60th minute. Helmut Alabor didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Portus Ganda. 62 minutes into the match, Portus Ganda's goal looked a bit too open when Sandro Andersen came free, but Jeroen Himschoot reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 63rd minute, Ismaele Santo Strub left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Triesenberg fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 10-0. Ismaele Santo Strub received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Jeroen Himschoot tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ismaele Santo Strub scored 11-0 in the 71st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jeroen Himschoot, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 74th minute Güralp Ergüleç shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Helmut Alabor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jeroen Himschoot showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sandro Andersen, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. 80 minutes into the game, FC Triesenberg's Antonio Jauch nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jeroen Himschoot made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 13-0. After some careless play in the Portus Ganda defense, Stjepan Sozzi kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jeroen Himschoot. The Portus Ganda fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jeroen Himschoot should have stopped the shot. A collision led to FC Triesenberg getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Sandro Andersen hit a great ball. Helmut Alabor was a little too slow when Güralp Ergüleç got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 95th minute. The score was now 14-1. FC Triesenberg walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.