World League

COMARCH ARENA
Spectators: 7645 (Terracing: 5735, Seating: 1758, VIP seats: 152) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Oden Vandamme started the match with the kick off. In the 6th minute, Oden Vandamme reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Jacobo Mendiko. The goal made the score 1-0. In the 14th minute the ball was on its way in behind ᴀᴄʜᴛᴜɴɢ ʙᴀʙɪᴇs ᴾᴵᴬᴿᴬ's goalkeeper Jacobo Mendiko, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 14 minutes into the match, ᴀᴄʜᴛᴜɴɢ ʙᴀʙɪᴇs ᴾᴵᴬᴿᴬ's goal looked a bit too open when Piotr Perkowski came free, but Jacobo Mendiko reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 22nd match minute, Bears are Back was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Piotr Perkowski to maneuver through the defense. Oden Vandamme scored 2-0 in the 28th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jacobo Mendiko, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Jacobo Mendiko made an important save on a dangerous shot by Oden Vandamme in the 31st minute. ᴀᴄʜᴛᴜɴɢ ʙᴀʙɪᴇs ᴾᴵᴬᴿᴬ's Jacobo Mendiko proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save ᴀᴄʜᴛᴜɴɢ ʙᴀʙɪᴇs ᴾᴵᴬᴿᴬ from getting a goal against them. 34 minutes into the match, Bears are Back's goal looked a bit too open when Donato Luar came free, but Jan Faust reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Bears are Back's Cezary Adamowicz got a free kick in the 39th minute. Jan Faust made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Héctor Mainer in the 42nd minute of play. After 43 minutes Bears are Back's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Donato Luar who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on ᴀᴄʜᴛᴜɴɢ ʙᴀʙɪᴇs ᴾᴵᴬᴿᴬ's corner Lauri Suvi fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Jan Faust quite easily take care of the ball. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Héctor Mainer made a kick off. If Santiago Sosa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jan Faust showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Donato Luar, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. Jacobo Mendiko showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Oden Vandamme, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. In the 62nd minute Oden Vandamme shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jacobo Mendiko saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Oden Vandamme might have been able to make a better finish in the 63rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jacobo Mendiko. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Oden Vandamme ran back to his position shaking his head. Jacobo Mendiko took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Oden Vandamme, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bears are Back's Ryszard Cisek managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Cyprian Sliwinski in the 67 minute of the game. 68 minutes into the match, ᴀᴄʜᴛᴜɴɢ ʙᴀʙɪᴇs ᴾᴵᴬᴿᴬ's goal looked a bit too open when Piotr Perkowski came free, but Jacobo Mendiko reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 73rd minute the ball was on its way in behind ᴀᴄʜᴛᴜɴɢ ʙᴀʙɪᴇs ᴾᴵᴬᴿᴬ's goalkeeper Jacobo Mendiko, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 75 minutes ᴀᴄʜᴛᴜɴɢ ʙᴀʙɪᴇs ᴾᴵᴬᴿᴬ's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Bartosz Niemojewski who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Korneliusz Tokarczyk got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jacobo Mendiko quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Jan Faust made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mathias Guerra in the 78th minute. After a rather tough play, Bears are Back's Rogério Baptista got a free kick in the 88th minute. Thanks to some nice moves Mathias Guerra could shoot a difficult shot in the 89th minute, which Jan Faust however easily saved by the left post. Piotr Perkowski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jacobo Mendiko having to interfere. Jan Faust took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mathias Guerra, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Bears are Back had won after a very even match.