World League

Stadium of Mercy
Spectators: 7673 (Terracing: 5755, Seating: 1765, VIP seats: 153) ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's Erubiel Justin started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Brothers of Mercy's Markus Nyman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Erubiel Justin in the 7th minute of play. In the 10th minute, Valter Ahlerot hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Markus Nyman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bartosz Poteralski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 12 minutes had been played when some careless play by Brothers of Mercy's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Bartosz Poteralski was slow to take the kick. During this time ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's players had a chance to rest. Meelis Vananurm showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Håkan Lindgren in the 16th minute of the match. Patrik Skarkman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Erubiel Justin in the 21st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Markus Nyman saved Brothers of Mercy from getting behind. 23 minutes into the match, Brothers of Mercy's Håkan Lindgren sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Meelis Vananurm narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Brothers of Mercy's Valter Ahlerot quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Slawomir Tyskie, made in the 25th minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Håkan Lindgren's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Meelis Vananurm was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. Markus Nyman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maicon Pontes in the 36th minute of play. A collision led to ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Hennes Wickihalter hit a great ball. Markus Nyman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maicon Pontes in the 42nd minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Erubiel Justin in the 46th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Markus Nyman prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Brothers of Mercy's Markus Nyman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maicon Pontes in the 48th minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Håkan Lindgren to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcelo Abreu in the 53rd minute of play forced Brothers of Mercy's goalkeeper Markus Nyman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bartosz Poteralski kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. After 56 played minutes, Brothers of Mercy's 狄亦渊 shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Meelis Vananurm came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Brothers of Mercy reached it. 60 minutes into the match, ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's goal looked a bit too open when Håkan Lindgren came free, but Meelis Vananurm reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 61st minute Håkan Lindgren shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Meelis Vananurm saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Markus Nyman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcelo Abreu in the 63rd minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Brothers of Mercy's zone, Erubiel Justin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Markus Nyman came out of the goal and Erubiel Justin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 73 minutes into the match, Håkan Lindgren had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Meelis Vananurm. ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Håkan Lindgren was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Håkan Lindgren's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Meelis Vananurm read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 79th minute of play. Brothers of Mercy's Valter Ahlerot managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Slawomir Tyskie in the 83 minute of the game. In the 85th minute Lindi Mena shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Markus Nyman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lindi Mena in the 85th minute of play forced Brothers of Mercy's goalkeeper Markus Nyman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Patrik Skarkman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's Meelis Vananurm played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Håkan Lindgren in the 97th minute of play.