U23 World League

Arena Gmunden
Spectators: 7771 (Terracing: 5829, Seating: 1787, VIP seats: 155) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Christian Demmel made the kick off which started today's match. Ralf-Willy Fürderer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Silvinho Britto in the 9th minute of play. Silvinho Britto scored 0-1 in the 13th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Ralf-Willy Fürderer, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Silvinho Britto in the 18th minute of play forced BiBa's goalkeeper Ralf-Willy Fürderer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 21 minutes into the match, Silvinho Britto had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ralf-Willy Fürderer. BiBa's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Silvinho Britto was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. After 29 played minutes BiBa got a freekick which was hit by Torsten Pliso. Ralf-Willy Fürderer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alfredo Gabrio in the 32nd minute of the match. Ralf-Willy Fürderer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alfredo Gabrio, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Silvinho Britto in the 39th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ralf-Willy Fürderer saved BiBa from getting behind. A collision led to BiBa getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Andre-Yann Latocha hit a great ball. After the first half Los Hermanos CIMZ were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Silvinho Britto made a kick off. In the 52nd minute, Mario Meier hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ulf Schilder, 55 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. Steven Schuster's late challenge caught a Los Hermanos CIMZ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Steven Schuster helped the player get up and apologised. Silvinho Britto's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ralf-Willy Fürderer read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 59th minute of play. In the 62nd match minute, BiBa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Severin Katzer to maneuver through the defense. Ralf-Willy Fürderer took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Silvinho Britto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ralf-Willy Fürderer made a fantastic save in the 67th minute, when Silvinho Britto sent off a good shot on target. 69 minutes into the match, Los Hermanos CIMZ's Silvinho Britto sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ralf-Willy Fürderer narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When Los Hermanos CIMZ's Silvinho Britto in the 71st minute got a chance for a shot 71st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye BiBa's goalie prevented a goal. Los Hermanos CIMZ's Silvinho Britto got a good chance for a goal in the 78th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andre-Yann Latocha in the 82nd minute of play forced Los Hermanos CIMZ's goalkeeper Lucas Buffon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alfredo Gabrio hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. Torsten Pliso made in the 94th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Christian Demmel immediately put the ball in play. The BiBa supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Los Hermanos CIMZ's performance. The match ended with a win for Los Hermanos CIMZ.