World League

Tarnów Arena
Spectators: 7498 (Terracing: 5624, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Dimitris Skondras got the match started through his kick off. 2 minutes into the match, SlaYerS's goal looked a bit too open when Lv Hai Chong came free, but Roch Piczak reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 3rdth minute of the game Lv Hai Chong who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but SlaYerS's Roch Piczak was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 10 minutes into the match, MICE F.C.'s goalkeeper Christos Perivolakis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gino Van Herendael. 1-0 became the score in the 10th minute when Gino Van Herendael elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. In the 14th minute, Dimitris Skondras made a precise shot to the right of Roch Piczak. SlaYerS's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. In the 20th minute, Dimitris Skondras made a precise shot to the right of Roch Piczak. SlaYerS's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. In the 22nd minute, Dimitris Skondras made a precise shot to the right of Roch Piczak. SlaYerS's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-3. Lv Hai Chong scored 1-4 in the 28th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Roch Piczak, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Gino Van Herendael hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. Roch Piczak took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lv Hai Chong, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 39th minute Zinédine Papoutsiadis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roch Piczak saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dimitris Skondras fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roch Piczak having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 42nd minute, Dimitris Skondras managed to get in a good position for a shot. MICE F.C.'s supporters rose to their feet, but Dimitris Skondras was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Roch Piczak breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. SlaYerS's Roch Piczak played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zinédine Papoutsiadis in the 45th minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-4.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Gino Van Herendael to make the kick off. 52 minutes into the match, Dimitris Skondras notched a goal, 1-5, to the right of SlaYerS's Roch Piczak. Roch Piczak was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Gino Van Herendael during the 56th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. 57 minutes into the match, MICE F.C.'s Lv Hai Chong sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Roch Piczak narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 57 minutes, Klement Markowski mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the SlaYerS and the MICE F.C. players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 58th match minute, SlaYerS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Klement Markowski to maneuver through the defense. Nikitas Staboulidis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Roch Piczak tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dimitris Skondras blasted a shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Roch Piczak having to make a save. 66 minutes into the match, SlaYerS's goalkeeper Roch Piczak had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dimitris Skondras. In the 71st minute, Dimitris Skondras ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Roch Piczak was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-6. Zinédine Papoutsiadis blasted a shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Roch Piczak having to make a save. Dimitris Skondras fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roch Piczak having to interfere. 77 minutes into the game, Dimitris Skondras recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Roch Piczak. Dimitris Skondras showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-7. Lv Hai Chong recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 82nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 86th minute Lv Hai Chong shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roch Piczak saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Dimitris Skondras had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lv Hai Chong received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Roch Piczak tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 92nd minute, MICE F.C.'s Dimitris Skondras dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-8. In the 97th minute, MICE F.C.'s Iraklis Mortensøn ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Roch Piczak. Roch Piczak yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-9. The MICE F.C. supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing MICE F.C. would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.