U21 League

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Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Patricio Schermann kicked off to start the match. In the 4th minute of the match Joel Jonas sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Gualtier Jetté skillfully saved the ball. After having played for 5 minutes, Roland Schachner managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. International Thunders's supporters crossed their fingers, but Roland Schachner was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Jan Haase fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gualtier Jetté having to interfere. Bengt-Rune El Ounès kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. After 16 minutes of play, International Thunders's René Krug made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gualtier Jetté was left in no man's land by his defense there! Thorsten Ternes made a fantastic save in the 20th minute, when Bengt-Rune El Ounès sent off a good shot on target. In the 25th match minute, International Thunders was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Patric Rudersdorfer to maneuver through the defense. In the 26th minute, Jimmy Schöpfer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. René Krug sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Bengt-Rune El Ounès charged in rather forcefully in the 30th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Bengt-Rune El Ounès the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of International Thunders booed when THE ROKERY PIMKIS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bengt-Rune El Ounès didn't get a good kick on the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Patricio Schermann in the 34th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Thorsten Ternes prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When René Krug came up free with the goalie in the 39th minute, the International Thunders fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that René Krug couldn't finish the play. Gualtier Jetté didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from René Krug went, in the 43rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. If Dino Straumann had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jan Haase to make the kick off. The crowd rose to their feet as International Thunders's Roland Schachner slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Gualtier Jetté. That made the score 0-3 after 53 minutes of play. Luca Divis hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. Thorsten Ternes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jean-Paul De La Rosa-Zevallos, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. In the 62nd match minute, THE ROKERY PIMKIS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Benoit Theiss to maneuver through the defense. Roland Schachner might have been able to make a better finish in the 64th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gualtier Jetté. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Roland Schachner ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 66th minute Goliath Cadotsch shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Thorsten Ternes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 70 played minutes International Thunders got a freekick which was hit by Thomas Zielinski. The supporters of THE ROKERY PIMKIS booed when International Thunders was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Thomas Zielinski didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to International Thunders getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Patric Rudersdorfer hit a great ball. Thorsten Ternes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Claudio Tanguay in the 79th minute of play. International Thunders's Thorsten Ternes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Claudio Tanguay in the 81st minute of play. Thorsten Ternes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Claudio Tanguay in the 82nd minute of play. International Thunders's Benjamin Eckstein was substituted for René Krug. Jean-Paul De La Rosa-Zevallos kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. When the final whistle sounded International Thunders left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than THE ROKERY PIMKIS.