U23 League

SUN CITY STADIUM
Spectators: 162 (Terracing: 122, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Virginijus Žalpys took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a rather tough play, FC COSA NOSTRA's Aidas Kareiva got a free kick in the 7th minute. In the 11th minute, Deividas Tarailis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Milenko Antermann, 11 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Simon Vogelsang made a fantastic save in the 13th minute, when Jonas Mališauskas sent off a good shot on target. FC COSA NOSTRA's Rytis Paškevičius played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Guillaume Lindenberg in the 16th minute of play. In the 18th match minute, FC COSA NOSTRA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Valentas Vaišvila to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Niclas Hölderlin in the 19th minute of play forced FC COSA NOSTRA's goalkeeper Rytis Paškevičius to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 23rd minute Jonas Mališauskas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Simon Vogelsang saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Valentas Vaišvila was extremely unlucky when he, in the 25th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Guillaume Lindenberg during the 28th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 28th match minute, TSV Delliehausen was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Guillaume Lindenberg to maneuver through the defense. If Jonas Mališauskas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. With his leg Simon Vogelsang managed to avoid a goal in the 30thth minute, when FC COSA NOSTRA's Virginijus Žalpys fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. If Valentas Vaišvila had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 37 minutes into the match, TSV Delliehausen's goalkeeper Simon Vogelsang had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Virginijus Žalpys. Virginijus Žalpys sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Elmar Brink stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Rytis Paškevičius made an important save on a dangerous shot by Christian Plate in the 56th minute. Guillaume Lindenberg got his second yellow card in the match during the 56th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Rytis Paškevičius was a little too slow when Christian Plate got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 63rd minute. The score was now 0-1. Simon Vogelsang made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jonas Mališauskas in the 74th minute of play. Oliver Rexhaus's late challenge caught a FC COSA NOSTRA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Oliver Rexhaus helped the player get up and apologised. In the 78th minute, Oliver Rexhaus hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonas Mališauskas in the 79th minute of play forced TSV Delliehausen's goalkeeper Simon Vogelsang to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 84 minutes, Elmar Brink managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. TSV Delliehausen's supporters crossed their fingers, but Elmar Brink was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Elmar Brink got free with Rytis Paškevičius in the 85th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Rytis Paškevičius made an important save on a dangerous shot by Niclas Hölderlin in the 90th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Niclas Hölderlin got free with Rytis Paškevičius in the 91st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 95th minute, TSV Delliehausen's Niclas Hölderlin dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-2. The TSV Delliehausen players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.