U23 World League

Stadio del Gorno
Spectators: 7856 (Terracing: 5893, Seating: 1807, VIP seats: 156) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Zygmunt Szostak made the kick off which started today's match. Christopher Benscheider showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bartlomiej Tipinski, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Sc Ajax Hirtenberg's Christopher Benscheider proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 8th minute of the match, managed to save Sc Ajax Hirtenberg from getting a goal against them. Szalone Konie's Tanek Piechocki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eike Schmidt in the 9th minute of play. Christopher Benscheider showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bartlomiej Tipinski in the 12th minute of the match. Zygmunt Szostak could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 14th minute of the match, but Christopher Benscheider made a huge save. Christopher Benscheider made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zygmunt Szostak in the 17th minute. Zygmunt Szostak took the ball and in the 20 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Christopher Benscheider. Christopher Benscheider dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. After some careless play in the Szalone Konie defense, Rolando Ottonello kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tanek Piechocki. The Szalone Konie fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tanek Piechocki should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eike Schmidt in the 26th minute of play forced Szalone Konie's goalkeeper Tanek Piechocki to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Christopher Benscheider took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zygmunt Szostak, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 30th minute, Roland Rasiak reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Christopher Benscheider. The goal made the score 2-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eike Schmidt in the 34th minute of play forced Szalone Konie's goalkeeper Tanek Piechocki to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Christopher Benscheider showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zygmunt Szostak in the 36th minute of the match. Christopher Benscheider was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Bartlomiej Tipinski showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-1 in the 37 minute of play. Sven Frank's late challenge caught a Szalone Konie's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sven Frank helped the player get up and apologised. Sven Frank kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. The supporters of Sc Ajax Hirtenberg booed when Szalone Konie was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dante Cordara didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tanek Piechocki showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eike Schmidt in the 47th minute of the match. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Eike Schmidt to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bartlomiej Tipinski in the 53rd minute of play forced Sc Ajax Hirtenberg's goalkeeper Christopher Benscheider to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 57 minutes into the game, Eike Schmidt lined in a short shot 3-2 behind a frustrated Tanek Piechocki. When Daniel Jung fell near the penalty area in the 61st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Sc Ajax Hirtenberg's protests and gave Daniel Jung a yellow card for diving instead. Szczepan Mnich kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. In the 67th minute, Szczepan Mnich hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Christopher Benscheider made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bartlomiej Tipinski in the 70th minute of play. Tanek Piechocki made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eike Schmidt in the 71st minute of play. With a little luck, Szalone Konie's Tanek Piechocki got control of the ball when Daniel Jung tried to sneak it across the goal line. Tanek Piechocki took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rolando Ottonello, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 77 minutes had been played when some careless play by Szalone Konie's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Eike Schmidt was slow to take the kick. During this time Sc Ajax Hirtenberg's players had a chance to rest. After a rather tough play, Sc Ajax Hirtenberg's Nils Mört got a free kick in the 77th minute. In the 79th minute Zygmunt Szostak shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Christopher Benscheider saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Eike Schmidt had several of the Szalone Konie's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 81 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 3-3 score and a disappointed Tanek Piechocki as he didn't even see the shot coming. In the 86th minute Bartlomiej Tipinski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Christopher Benscheider saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Christopher Benscheider showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zygmunt Szostak, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. Szalone Konie were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.