U21 World League

Täktvägen 15
Spectators: 10973 (Terracing: 8230, Seating: 2524, VIP seats: 219) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Nicklas Smitt started the match with the kick off. Chatziantoniou Anagnostopoulos's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Konstanty Kilarski firmly grabbed it by the left post. 6 minutes into the match, JUNICO Ełk's goalkeeper Konstanty Kilarski had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Chatziantoniou Anagnostopoulos. An unexpectedly hard shot by Krzysztof Hajduk in the 15th minute of play forced KIA KAHA's goalkeeper Fabio Santilli to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 19 played minutes JUNICO Ełk got a freekick which was hit by Juliusz Gniewek. In the 19th minute, Franek Sowa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Konstanty Kilarski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lu Sha Cheng in the 20th minute of the match. JUNICO Ełk's attentive Dariusz Lepucki managed to snatch the ball when Karl-Henry Roos made a throw-in in the 25th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Chatziantoniou Anagnostopoulos in the 31st minute of play forced JUNICO Ełk's goalkeeper Konstanty Kilarski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Konstanty Kilarski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Chatziantoniou Anagnostopoulos in the 32nd minute of play. After 34 minutes JUNICO Ełk's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Lu Sha Cheng who took care of the corner kick. KIA KAHA's Lu Sha Cheng was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Konstanty Kilarski in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The audience cheered when Lu Sha Cheng's long shot passed Konstanty Kilarski's right side. It was 2-0, 34 minutes into the match. Konstanty Kilarski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nicklas Smitt, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. Artur Zapolskiy made in the 38th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Radomir Zieba immediately put the ball in play. After some careless play in the KIA KAHA defense, Krzysztof Hajduk kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fabio Santilli. The KIA KAHA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fabio Santilli should have stopped the shot.

After 52 minutes, Franek Sowa mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the JUNICO Ełk and the KIA KAHA players grew even worse after the yellow card. Chatziantoniou Anagnostopoulos's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Konstanty Kilarski read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 61st minute of play. KIA KAHA's Billy Andberg was substituted for Nicklas Smitt. In the 64th minute of the match KIA KAHA got a corner. JUNICO Ełk's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Billy Andberg ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on KIA KAHA's corner Karl-Henry Roos fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Konstanty Kilarski quite easily take care of the ball. Konstanty Kilarski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Billy Andberg in the 71st minute of the match. In the 73rd minute of the match, Krzysztof Hajduk got a very nice opportunity to score, but Fabio Santilli was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Tanek Liermann hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. In the 76th minute Billy Andberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Konstanty Kilarski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Krzysztof Hajduk had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Konstanty Kilarski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Glanselius in the 82nd minute of play. In the 85th minute, Artur Zapolskiy hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 87thth minute of the game Daniel Glanselius who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but JUNICO Ełk's Konstanty Kilarski was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 88th minute, Karl-Erik Lind managed to get in a good position for a shot. KIA KAHA's supporters rose to their feet, but Karl-Erik Lind was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Konstanty Kilarski breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 92 minutes into the game, Daniel Glanselius cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Konstanty Kilarski was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. KIA KAHA had won after a very even match.