World League

The Betsy Stadium
Spectators: 7716 (Terracing: 5788, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 154) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Yu Jie Xing kicked off to start the match. Sunday Niedziela took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Yu Jie Xing, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Staffordshire Terrier FC's Clive Holloway played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcin Zworski in the 7th minute of play. 12 minutes had been played when some careless play by Staffordshire Terrier FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Olaf Rawa was slow to take the kick. During this time Emalia Olkusz's players had a chance to rest. A well-hit corner resulted in Sergiu Receanu heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. In the 17th minute Marcin Zworski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Clive Holloway saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Yu Jie Xing could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 21st minute of the match, but Sunday Niedziela made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nicolaj Vilholm in the 23rd minute of play forced Staffordshire Terrier FC's goalkeeper Clive Holloway to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 26th minute Marcin Zworski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Clive Holloway saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marcin Zworski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Emalia Olkusz's Marcin Zworski got a free kick in the 30th minute. A collision led to Staffordshire Terrier FC getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Yu Jie Xing hit a great ball. Staffordshire Terrier FC's Clive Holloway played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcin Zworski in the 38th minute of play. Emalia Olkusz were awarded a corner in the 39th minute after Staffordshire Terrier FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Olaf Rawa took the corner. After a rather tough play, Emalia Olkusz's James Frankowski got a free kick in the 41st minute. In the 45th minute Innar Laaneloog shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Clive Holloway saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Staffordshire Terrier FC made a substitution. Alex Zanardi replaced Yu Jie Xing. The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Marcin Zworski to strike the kick off in the second half. Jonathan Gervaso hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. Marcin Zworski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Clive Holloway tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 61st match minute, Emalia Olkusz was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by James Frankowski to maneuver through the defense. In the 62nd minute, Alex Zanardi ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Sunday Niedziela was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. 66 minutes into the match, Staffordshire Terrier FC's goal looked a bit too open when Marcin Zworski came free, but Clive Holloway reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jay Flack charged in rather forcefully in the 67th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jay Flack the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Jay Flack hit a great freekick 67 minutes into the match. Clive Holloway made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcin Zworski in the 73rd minute of play. In the 78th minute, Marcin Zworski fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. In the 81st minute Alex Zanardi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sunday Niedziela saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sunday Niedziela made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alex Zanardi in the 82nd minute of play. After 83 minutes Emalia Olkusz's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Rogelio Espiridion who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Matt Sullivan almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Emalia Olkusz's Sunday Niedziela did a great save. Clive Holloway showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nicolaj Vilholm, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. Emalia Olkusz's Sunday Niedziela played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alex Zanardi in the 89th minute of play. In the 92nd match minute, Staffordshire Terrier FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Andrew Harrison to maneuver through the defense. Many of Emalia Olkusz's supporters were seen to leave the ground early as it became clear their team was going to lose. Emalia Olkusz may have spent more time on the ball, but Staffordshire Terrier FC were more willing to take their chances and they walked away with the win.