World League

Emirates Stadium
Spectators: 7659 (Terracing: 5746, Seating: 1761, VIP seats: 152) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Marko Vooro made the kick off which started today's match. Through an outstanding action, after 2 minutes, Ziemowit Lemiesz successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Marko Vooro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Ziemowit Lemiesz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 7th minute, Ryszard Ligas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Grzegorz Olszewski was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 9 minutes into the match, Sparta LKS's goal looked a bit too open when Zbyszko Borowski came free, but Grzegorz Olszewski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 23rd minute, Sixten Bokelund got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Ziemowit Lemiesz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sixten Bokelund in the 25th minute of the match. In the 27th minute Krzysztof Bator shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Grzegorz Olszewski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 34th minute of the match Sparta LKS got a corner. ◄19A10►Brunsberga's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Lech Glozor ran over to the corner to take the kick. Zygmunt Mleczewski's late challenge caught a Sparta LKS's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Zygmunt Mleczewski helped the player get up and apologised. In the 41st match minute, ◄19A10►Brunsberga was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zygmunt Mleczewski to maneuver through the defense. After 43 minutes, Sixten Bokelund made it 1-1 with a short kick to the right side. ◄19A10►Brunsberga's Ziemowit Lemiesz tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ryszard Ligas was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stasio Wykowski in the 53rd minute of play forced Sparta LKS's goalkeeper Grzegorz Olszewski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 57 played minutes ◄19A10►Brunsberga got a freekick which was hit by Zygmunt Mleczewski. Marko Vooro might have been able to make a better finish in the 60th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ziemowit Lemiesz. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Marko Vooro ran back to his position shaking his head. The supporters of Sparta LKS booed when ◄19A10►Brunsberga was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 60 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zygmunt Mleczewski didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 61stth minute of the game Sixten Bokelund who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ◄19A10►Brunsberga's Ziemowit Lemiesz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 64th minute the ball was on its way in behind ◄19A10►Brunsberga's goalkeeper Ziemowit Lemiesz, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Sixten Bokelund recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 65th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 67thth minute of the game Sixten Bokelund who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ◄19A10►Brunsberga's Ziemowit Lemiesz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. ◄19A10►Brunsberga's Ziemowit Lemiesz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marko Vooro in the 68th minute of play. Grzegorz Olszewski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Krzysztof Bator, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Krzysztof Bator in the 72nd minute of play forced Sparta LKS's goalkeeper Grzegorz Olszewski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Sixten Bokelund came up free with the goalie in the 74th minute, the Sparta LKS 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 Sixten Bokelund couldn't finish the play. Sparta LKS's Radowit Osielski was substituted for Stanislaw Gargasz. Ryszard Ligas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 80th minute of the match, but Grzegorz Olszewski made a huge save. In the 83rd minute the ball was on its way in behind ◄19A10►Brunsberga's goalkeeper Ziemowit Lemiesz, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Sparta LKS's Grzegorz Olszewski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 86th minute of the match, managed to save Sparta LKS from getting a goal against them. Grzegorz Olszewski was out of position in the 92 minute of play, and Ryszard Ligas capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Ryszard Ligas really showed his touch with that goal: 1-3. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched ◄19A10►Brunsberga eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.