U18 World League

Air Albania
Spectators: 7545 (Terracing: 5660, Seating: 1735, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Robert Zawadzki kicked off to start the match. After 10 played minutes Lech Max got a freekick which was hit by Robert Zawadzki. After 14 played minutes Lech Max got a freekick which was hit by Beniamin Czciborek. A collision led to ✩ Pep Team ✩ getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Mite Milevski hit a great ball. After 22 played minutes ✩ Pep Team ✩ got a freekick which was hit by Smile Dimitrijevski. Patryk Dulka took the ball and in the 26 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Taško Filipovski. Taško Filipovski dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. A collision led to Lech Max getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Izydor Miecznikowski hit a great ball. Lech Max's Ryszard Piechocki proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 39th minute of the match, managed to save Lech Max from getting a goal against them. When Marko Nestoroski came up free with the goalie in the 41st minute, the ✩ Pep Team ✩ 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 Marko Nestoroski couldn't finish the play. After some fancy dribbling in the 44th minute, Beniamin Czciborek managed to get in a good position for a shot. Lech Max's supporters rose to their feet, but Beniamin Czciborek was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Taško Filipovski breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Menduh Saliu to strike the kick off in the second half. Patryk Dulka could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 57th minute of the match, but Taško Filipovski made a huge save. Menduh Saliu took the ball and in the 59 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ryszard Piechocki. Ryszard Piechocki dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. Lucjan Kiepski's late challenge caught a ✩ Pep Team ✩'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lucjan Kiepski helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of ✩ Pep Team ✩ booed when Lech Max was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lucjan Kiepski didn't get a good kick on the ball. 65 minutes into the match, Lech Max's goal looked a bit too open when Menduh Saliu came free, but Ryszard Piechocki reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 66 minutes into the game, Hieronim Grunwalski was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Lech Max's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ✩ Pep Team ✩ the free kick. In the 66th match minute, Lech Max was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hieronim Grunwalski to maneuver through the defense. Ryszard Piechocki showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Menduh Saliu in the 67th minute of the match. Hieronim Grunwalski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Taško Filipovski having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leontie Hristijanski in the 72nd minute of play forced Lech Max's goalkeeper Ryszard Piechocki to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Taško Filipovski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lucjan Kiepski, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. Robert Zawadzki could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 82nd minute of the match, but Taško Filipovski made a huge save. 87 minutes into the game, Mariusz Kaczynski was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Lech Max's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ✩ Pep Team ✩ the free kick. After a rather tough play, Lech Max's Mariusz Kaczynski got a free kick in the 87th minute. 90 minutes into the match, Lech Max's goal looked a bit too open when Menduh Saliu came free, but Ryszard Piechocki reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. ✩ Pep Team ✩'s Taško Filipovski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Beniamin Czciborek in the 91st minute of play.