U18 World League

Crystal Arena
Spectators: 8429 (Terracing: 6323, Seating: 1938, VIP seats: 168) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Valentin Salqvist made the kick off which started today's match. Konrad Lizewski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valentin Salqvist in the 3rd minute of play. Konrad Lizewski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valentin Salqvist, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Billy Pihl made an important save on a dangerous shot by Benedykt Pionek in the 8th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zlatan Run in the 12th minute of play forced Veth Crystals's goalkeeper Konrad Lizewski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 17th minute, Zlatan Run left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Zlatan BK fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. 22 minutes into the match, Veth Crystals's goal looked a bit too open when Valentin Salqvist came free, but Konrad Lizewski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 23rd match minute, Veth Crystals was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tomasz Sokol to maneuver through the defense. 26 minutes into the game, Tomasz Sokol was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Veth Crystals's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Zlatan BK the free kick. The supporters of Zlatan BK booed when Veth Crystals was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tomasz Sokol didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 28th minute, Gunnar Wester hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Marcin Piszczor fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Billy Pihl having to interfere. In the 34thth minute of the game Patryk Pozorski who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Zlatan BK's Billy Pihl was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Zlatan BK's zone, Beniamin Teofila stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Billy Pihl came out of the goal and Beniamin Teofila tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 44 minutes into the game, Zlatan BK's Zlatan Run nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Konrad Lizewski made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. In the 47th minute, Zlatan Run made a precise shot to the right of Konrad Lizewski. Veth Crystals's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. After the first half Zlatan BK were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Benedykt Pionek to make the kick off. In the 56th minute, Benedykt Pionek 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. Billy Pihl showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benedykt Pionek in the 69th minute of the match. In the 70th minute, Zlatan Run hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Veth Crystals's Teofil Karanowski was substituted for Benedykt Pionek. Zlatan Run hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. Arne Mager hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. 87 minutes into the game, Zlatan BK's Gunnar Wester nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Konrad Lizewski made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. Konrad Lizewski didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 92nd minute, which inside left pole to 0-5. 95 minutes into the match, Jens-Åke Josefsson had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Konrad Lizewski. Veth Crystals's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jens-Åke Josefsson was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-6.