U23 World League

San Francisco Arena
Spectators: 7507 (Terracing: 5631, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Wesley Teles got the match started through his kick off. After a rather tough play, Hamburg Fighters's Jakob Karhoff got a free kick in the 6th minute. After 13 minutes of play, Hamburg Fighters's Walt Schräder made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Hamílton Rezende was left in no man's land by his defense there! With a couple of smart ball manuevers Luka Reich in the 22nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Hamílton Rezende saved October 04 from getting behind. Luka Reich sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Wesley Teles in the 29th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Matthew Jastrzembowski saved Hamburg Fighters from getting behind. After a defensive mix-up in October 04's zone, Kilian Gutrath stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Hamílton Rezende came out of the goal and Kilian Gutrath tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 36 minutes into the match, Kilian Gutrath had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Hamílton Rezende. October 04's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Kilian Gutrath was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wesley Teles in the 41st minute of play forced Hamburg Fighters's goalkeeper Matthew Jastrzembowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of October 04 booed when Hamburg Fighters was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jakob Karhoff didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Luka Reich stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Hamílton Rezende took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luka Reich, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 60th minute Hamburg Fighters were awarded a corner. Kilian Gutrath went to the cornerflag to take it. Kilian Gutrath made a great header on Hamburg Fighters's corner, it was just that October 04's Hamílton Rezende managed to reach the ball for a save. 66 minutes into the match, October 04's goalkeeper Hamílton Rezende had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Kilian Gutrath. Kilian Gutrath received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Hamílton Rezende came out and tried to block the shot, but Kilian Gutrath slotted it home off the left post making it 0-3 in the 72nd minute. Matthew Jastrzembowski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pedro Paulo Paes in the 76th minute of the match. Hamílton Rezende showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Burkhard Niebler in the 78th minute of the match. In the 79th minute Wesley Teles shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Matthew Jastrzembowski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Matthew Jastrzembowski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pedro Paulo Paes in the 80th minute of the match. After having played for 81 minutes, Wilian Alcântara managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. October 04's supporters crossed their fingers, but Wilian Alcântara was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Pedro Paulo Paes scored 1-3 in the 88th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Matthew Jastrzembowski, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 96 minutes into the match, October 04's goal looked a bit too open when Luka Reich came free, but Hamílton Rezende reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The October 04 fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Hamburg Fighters were clearly better and deserved to take the win.