U18 World League

BACA ARENA
Spectators: 7555 (Terracing: 5668, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) Wojciech Ligas started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 9th minute, Tobiasz Piczak hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Zbyszko Karanewski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Makis Zounis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 17th minute, Marinos Kouklakis got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 23rd minute Marinos Kouklakis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zbyszko Karanewski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 26th match minute, ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ ΣΟΛΟΜΟΥ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Panagiotis Nikolakoglou to maneuver through the defense. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Evaggelos Vasilakopoulos during the 28th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 27th minute, one of ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ ΣΟΛΟΜΟΥ:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ ΣΟΛΟΜΟΥ. When the match had been going on for 29 minutes, Sportis SFC Baca's Lukasz Rykaczewski got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Babbis Zervoudakis. Babbis Zervoudakis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wojciech Ligas, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. 33 minutes into the game, Kacper Lichniak was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Sportis SFC Baca's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ ΣΟΛΟΜΟΥ the free kick. Wojciech Ligas hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. Michalis Bakakos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zbyszko Karanewski having to interfere.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Makis Zounis to make the kick off. Michalis Bakakos succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-1 in the 53rd playminute. Marinos Kouklakis who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 58thth minute tested the skills of Zbyszko Karanewski when he managed to save the team from getting behind. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Marcin Karwowski during the 61st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Sportis SFC Baca's Marcin Karwowski got a free kick in the 61st minute. When Makis Zounis fell near the penalty area in the 63rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ ΣΟΛΟΜΟΥ's protests and gave Makis Zounis a yellow card for diving instead. In the 63rd minute, Makis Zounis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 67 minutes into the match, Sportis SFC Baca's goal looked a bit too open when Marinos Kouklakis came free, but Zbyszko Karanewski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Zbyszko Karanewski was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Marinos Kouklakis showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-2 in the 71 minute of play. After 74 minutes, Theodosis Kostenoglou mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ ΣΟΛΟΜΟΥ and the Sportis SFC Baca players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 74 played minutes ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ ΣΟΛΟΜΟΥ got a freekick which was hit by Theodosis Kostenoglou. ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ ΣΟΛΟΜΟΥ's Babbis Zervoudakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wojciech Ligas in the 75th minute of play. Paris Dimakoglou received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Zbyszko Karanewski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ ΣΟΛΟΜΟΥ's Theodosis Kostenoglou got a free kick in the 86th minute. In the 87th minute, Wiktor Laskowski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 89 minutes into the match, Sportis SFC Baca's goalkeeper Zbyszko Karanewski had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Michalis Bakakos. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ ΣΟΛΟΜΟΥ walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.