U23 World League

Biellastad
Spectators: 7513 (Terracing: 5635, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Kjell Ekeli got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd minute Jerzy Koperski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Glyn Wedlock saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 11 minutes, Jaroslaw Perkowski mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Wlokniarz Czestochowa and the Sagene IF players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 11th match minute, Wlokniarz Czestochowa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jaroslaw Perkowski to maneuver through the defense. Jerzy Koperski hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. 18 minutes into the match, Andreas Grøndahl had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Radowit Werra. Wlokniarz Czestochowa's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Andreas Grøndahl was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Andreas Grøndahl fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Radowit Werra having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andreas Grøndahl in the 23rd minute of play forced Wlokniarz Czestochowa's goalkeeper Radowit Werra to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Sagene IF's Glyn Wedlock got control of the ball when Jerzy Koperski tried to sneak it across the goal line. 28 minutes into the match, Wlokniarz Czestochowa's goal looked a bit too open when Kjell Ekeli came free, but Radowit Werra reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Glyn Wedlock made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wincent Jaworski in the 34th minute of play. Radowit Werra showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kjell Ekeli, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. In the 38th minute Kjell Ekeli shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Radowit Werra saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Radowit Werra came out of the goal in the 45th minute to try and stop a shot by Sagene IF's Kjell Ekeli. But to his dismay, Kjell Ekeli quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. The Wlokniarz Czestochowa players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Sagene IF were winning 0-2.

The wind increased when Jerzy Koperski made the kick off in the second half. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Kjell Ekeli in the 51st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Radowit Werra saved Wlokniarz Czestochowa from getting behind. After some fancy dribbling in the 53rd minute, Andreas Grøndahl managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sagene IF's supporters rose to their feet, but Andreas Grøndahl was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Radowit Werra breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 55 minutes into the match, Kjell Ekeli had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Radowit Werra. Wlokniarz Czestochowa's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Kjell Ekeli was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Radowit Werra showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kjell Ekeli in the 58th minute of the match. Radowit Werra showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kjell Ekeli, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Kjell Ekeli received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Radowit Werra tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Jerzy Koperski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Glyn Wedlock was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. Rune Le fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Radowit Werra having to interfere. Glyn Wedlock showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jerzy Koperski, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. Ole-Einar Opsahl took the ball and in the 85 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Radowit Werra. Radowit Werra dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-6. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jurand Sedzikowski in the 91st minute of play forced Sagene IF's goalkeeper Glyn Wedlock to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Wlokniarz Czestochowa fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Sagene IF were clearly better and deserved to take the win.