World League

Vivant Arena
Spectators: 8077 (Terracing: 6059, Seating: 1858, VIP seats: 160) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Koti Kot started the match with the kick off. Arkadiusz Barciniak showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Larry Hallam, who was totally free with the ball in the 2nd minute. Arkadiusz Barciniak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Larry Hallam in the 7th minute of play. 10 minutes into the match, Vivant's Larry Hallam sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Arkadiusz Barciniak narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Thunderstorm Riders's Arkadiusz Barciniak played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Larry Hallam in the 15th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Dawid Kazimierz during the 20th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 20th match minute, Thunderstorm Riders was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dawid Kazimierz to maneuver through the defense. Vivant's A.J. 关平 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Koti Kot in the 23rd minute of play. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 23rd minute of the game. One of Vivant:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Thunderstorm Riders:s goal. A.J. 关平 had in the 24thth minute some difficulties stopping Kudret Tüzer's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Vivant's A.J. 关平 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Konrad Resel in the 26th minute of play. 27 minutes had been played when some careless play by Vivant's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jerzy Mielak was slow to take the kick. During this time Thunderstorm Riders's players had a chance to rest. In the last second Arkadiusz Barciniak throw himself and got hold of the ball when Larry Hallam in the 32ndth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. 34 minutes into the match, Vivant's goal looked a bit too open when Koti Kot came free, but A.J. 关平 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Arkadiusz Barciniak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Larry Hallam in the 35th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kudret Tüzer in the 36th minute of play forced Vivant's goalkeeper A.J. 关平 to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 41 minutes into the match, Vivant's goal looked a bit too open when Kudret Tüzer came free, but A.J. 关平 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 47th minute, Dawid Kazimierz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Larry Hallam stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Larry Hallam ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Arkadiusz Barciniak was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. In the 55thth minute of the game Konrad Resel who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Vivant's A.J. 关平 was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Dawid Kazimierz was shown his second yellow card after 56 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. In the 57th minute, Dawid Kazimierz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Thunderstorm Riders's Wlodzimierz Czech was substituted for Koti Kot. Dawid Kazimierz hit a great freekick 59 minutes into the match. After 63 minutes of play, Vivant's Larry Hallam made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Arkadiusz Barciniak was left in no man's land by his defense there! Marin Lipets received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Arkadiusz Barciniak tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Vivant booed when Thunderstorm Riders was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Antoni Waselewicz didn't get a good kick on the ball. 75 minutes into the match, Vivant's Larry Hallam sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Arkadiusz Barciniak narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 78 minutes into the game, Larry Hallam cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Arkadiusz Barciniak was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. A.J. 关平 didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 87th minute, which inside left pole to 3-1.