U23 World League

Tiger Sports Arena
Spectators: 7721 (Terracing: 5792, Seating: 1775, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Roswin Westermayer started the match with the kick off. Antonello Mariano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Albrecht Kowalke, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Antonello Mariano was a little too slow when Albrecht Kowalke got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 5th minute. The score was now 1-0. 14 minutes into the game, Tiger's Tor Jäger nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Antonello Mariano made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. Antonello Mariano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Albrecht Kowalke, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. Antonello Mariano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roswin Westermayer in the 26th minute of the match. Antonello Mariano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tor Jäger in the 33rd minute of the match. Lino Roland kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. Tor Jäger fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Antonello Mariano having to interfere. Wolf Poll took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adriano Ottaviani, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After taking down the ball on San Felice a Ema U.L.'s corner Fulvio Giardini fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Wolf Poll quite easily take care of the ball. When the match had gone on for 44 minutes, Lino Roland took a quick shot and it went in 4-0 without a chance for Antonello Mariano to make any attempt to save it. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Adriano Ottaviani to strike the kick off in the second half. Wolf Poll took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Federico Melani, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Antonello Mariano came out of the goal in the 53rd minute to try and stop a shot by Tiger's Elis Färber. But to his dismay, Elis Färber quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-0. After 57 played minutes San Felice a Ema U.L. got a freekick which was hit by Angelo Toccaceli. 61 minutes into the match, Tor Jäger had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Antonello Mariano. San Felice a Ema U.L.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tor Jäger was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-0. Antonello Mariano took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tor Jäger, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Antonello Mariano came out of the goal in the 69th minute to try and stop a shot by Tiger's Tor Jäger. But to his dismay, Tor Jäger quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 7-0. Antonello Mariano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tor Jäger in the 78th minute of the match. Arrigo Dorigatti kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. 83 minutes into the match, San Felice a Ema U.L.'s goal looked a bit too open when Albrecht Kowalke came free, but Antonello Mariano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Antonello Mariano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tor Jäger in the 89th minute of play. Antonello Mariano didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tor Jäger went, in the 92nd minute, to the upper right corner, 8-0 was the resulting score.