U21 World League

Freyel Sportcenter
Spectators: 7981 (Terracing: 5987, Seating: 1835, VIP seats: 159) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Joël Rétière got the match started through his kick off. 5 minutes into the game, Hansjörg Görlitz threw the ball into play from the sideline. Fc Kertzfeld's Jacob Josef Saumon quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. The audience was convinced that Joël Rétière's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Olaf Lübke was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. Joël Rétière fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Olaf Lübke having to interfere. Joël Rétière received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Olaf Lübke tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Joël Rétière had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Florent Sorlin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Olaf Lübke was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. After 21 played minutes Fc Kertzfeld got a freekick which was hit by Titouan Levet. The audience was convinced that Joël Rétière's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Olaf Lübke was relentless in the 25th minute of the game. Joël Rétière recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 27th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Hellmuth Mönch made in the 29th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Heinrich Ziervogel however managed to control. Fc Kertzfeld's Florent Sorlin got a good chance for a goal in the 31st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Florent Sorlin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Olaf Lübke was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. In the 34th match minute, Fc Kertzfeld was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joël Rétière to maneuver through the defense. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Florent Sorlin in the 36th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Olaf Lübke prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 38th minute, Titouan Levet ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Olaf Lübke was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Florent Sorlin in the 45th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Olaf Lübke saved SC Otten from getting behind.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Mirco Maier stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Joël Rétière sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 69 played minutes Fc Kertzfeld got a freekick which was hit by Florent Sorlin. Florent Sorlin could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 72nd minute of the match, but Olaf Lübke made a huge save. 74 minutes into the match, SC Otten's goalkeeper Olaf Lübke had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Florent Sorlin. Joël Rétière did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-4 to the left of a surprised Olaf Lübke 75 minutes into the match. After 79 minutes of play, Fc Kertzfeld's Florent Sorlin made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Olaf Lübke was left in no man's land by his defense there! Florent Sorlin who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 83rdth minute tested the skills of Olaf Lübke when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Florent Sorlin in the 87thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Olaf Lübke, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. 88 minutes into the match, Joël Rétière dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Olaf Lübke, 0-6. Florent Sorlin hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. Olaf Lübke showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joël Rétière, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Florent Sorlin in the 96th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Olaf Lübke saved SC Otten from getting behind. Fc Kertzfeld's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.