U18 League

Am Sportzentrum
Spectators: 175 (Terracing: 132, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Conny Stober took the kick off in the first half of the match. Conny Stober charged in rather forcefully in the 3rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Conny Stober the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Conny Stober hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. Eberhard Voß sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jari Anzengruber received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Hilmar Welsch came out and tried to block the shot, but Jari Anzengruber slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 20th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 27th minute, Eberhard Voß managed to get in a good position for a shot. PoznanGalaxy's supporters rose to their feet, but Eberhard Voß was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dietrich Heppner breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Michael Paziorek sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Michael Paziorek in the 40thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Hilmar Welsch, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Hasso Heberer charged in rather forcefully in the 45th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Hasso Heberer the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 45th minute, Hasso Heberer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Clark Wolters was the one to do the kick off. Timofej Fülberth's late challenge caught a Academica Pulheim's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Timofej Fülberth helped the player get up and apologised. After some fancy dribbling in the 53rd minute, Jari Anzengruber managed to get in a good position for a shot. Academica Pulheim's supporters rose to their feet, but Jari Anzengruber was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hilmar Welsch breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Amadeo Wright charged in rather forcefully in the 71st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Amadeo Wright the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Amadeo Wright hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. Academica Pulheim's Noel Schaffert was substituted for Michael Paziorek. After a rather tough play, PoznanGalaxy's Amadeo Wright got a free kick in the 73rd minute. The supporters of PoznanGalaxy booed when Academica Pulheim was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Christoph Sönksen didn't get a good kick on the ball. Clark Wolters sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 85 minutes, Hartmut Holtzmann mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Academica Pulheim and the PoznanGalaxy players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Academica Pulheim's Hartmut Holtzmann got a free kick in the 85th minute. Robert Kalweit's late challenge caught a Academica Pulheim's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Robert Kalweit helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to PoznanGalaxy getting a freekick after 88 minutes play. Robert Kalweit hit a great ball. PoznanGalaxy's Hilmar Welsch played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jari Anzengruber in the 92nd minute of play. PoznanGalaxy's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.