U23 League

Botvik
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) In the 3rd minute, Erkan Fostiropoulos made a precise shot to the right of Jouni Läänelä. Botvik FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. 11 minutes into the match, Rot-Weiss-Essen's goalkeeper Uwe Ziege had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Catarino Macena. In the 15th minute, Helmut Malinowski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the Rot-Weiss-Essen defense, Catarino Macena kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Uwe Ziege. The Rot-Weiss-Essen fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Uwe Ziege should have stopped the shot. Botvik FC's Jouni Läänelä played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Elmar Assing in the 21st minute of play. Björn Mokros kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. Teuvo Niemelä struck a weak shot in the 23rd minute. Uwe Ziege didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Botvik FC. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 24th minute of the game. One of Botvik FC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Rot-Weiss-Essen:s goal. A throw-in in the 28th minute of the game was made by Denis Trenker with Elmar Assing as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Rot-Weiss-Essen's Uwe Ziege played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vihtori Kaivola in the 31st minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Catarino Macena during the 37th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 40th match minute, Rot-Weiss-Essen was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vasco Jackisch to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vihtori Kaivola in the 44th minute of play forced Rot-Weiss-Essen's goalkeeper Uwe Ziege to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 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 wind increased when Vihtori Kaivola made the kick off in the second half. Uwe Ziege showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pauli Kaarniemi in the 52nd minute of the match. In the 54th minute of the match Botvik FC got a corner. Rot-Weiss-Essen's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Teuvo Niemelä ran over to the corner to take the kick. Botvik FC's Teuvo Niemelä was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Uwe Ziege in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Pauli Kaarniemi might have been able to make a better finish in the 56th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Uwe Ziege. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Pauli Kaarniemi ran back to his position shaking his head. Uoti Pihlajamäki kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. After 59 played minutes Rot-Weiss-Essen got a freekick which was hit by Elmar Assing. Gunther Schößler hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. Botvik FC's Jouni Läänelä played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Erkan Fostiropoulos in the 66th minute of play. When Hjalmar Blumentritt fell near the penalty area in the 67th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Rot-Weiss-Essen's protests and gave Hjalmar Blumentritt a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Botvik FC booed when Rot-Weiss-Essen was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hjalmar Blumentritt didn't get a good kick on the ball. Vasco Jackisch hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. The supporters of Botvik FC booed when Rot-Weiss-Essen was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hjalmar Blumentritt didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 78th minute, Jyrki Viinikainen managed to get in a good position for a shot. Botvik FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Jyrki Viinikainen was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Uwe Ziege breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 80th minute Erkan Fostiropoulos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jouni Läänelä saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Xavi Haberer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Jouni Läänelä tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Pauli Kaarniemi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Uwe Ziege tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Despite being the better team, Botvik FC failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.