U18 World League

MK TRIBUNE
Spectators: 8058 (Terracing: 6045, Seating: 1853, VIP seats: 160) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Andrzej Gierasik kicked off to start the match. Harry Igelström took the ball and in the 3 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Wladyslaw Zapolski. Wladyslaw Zapolski dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. When Jakub Kon fell near the penalty area in the 8th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Mafia Koniaka's protests and gave Jakub Kon a yellow card for diving instead. In the 8th match minute, Mafia Koniaka was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jakub Kon to maneuver through the defense. After 9 played minutes Kingpins got a freekick which was hit by Sven Bållström. In the 18th minute Jakub Kon shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mattias Asserlind saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 22 minutes, Slawomir Kochowski mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Mafia Koniaka and the Kingpins players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 21st minute, one of Mafia Koniaka:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Mafia Koniaka. Charles Lenberg shot the penalty kick right outside the post. 27 minutes into the match, Kingpins's goalkeeper Mattias Asserlind had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Slawomir Lipinski. When the match clock showed 28 minutes, the score became 1-1 when Andrzej Gierasik sped through Kingpins's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Mattias Asserlind. Wladyslaw Zapolski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sven Bållström in the 32nd minute of play. In the 35thth minute of the game Titus Pullo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Mafia Koniaka's Wladyslaw Zapolski was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 36th minute Kingpins were awarded a corner. Sven Bållström went to the cornerflag to take it. Sven Bållström made a great header on Kingpins's corner, it was just that Mafia Koniaka's Wladyslaw Zapolski managed to reach the ball for a save. Wladyslaw Zapolski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Harry Igelström in the 39th minute of the match. In the 40th minute of the match Kingpins got a corner. Mafia Koniaka's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Sven Bållström ran over to the corner to take the kick. Sven Bållström fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Wladyslaw Zapolski having to interfere. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Mikael Ekeberg to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute, Jakub Kon hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 59th minute, Titus Pullo 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. With a little luck, Mafia Koniaka's Wladyslaw Zapolski got control of the ball when Titus Pullo tried to sneak it across the goal line. A collision led to Mafia Koniaka getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Napoleon Januszewski hit a great ball. Kingpins's Ove Modig was substituted for Scipio Africano. In the 68th match minute, Mafia Koniaka was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Napoleon Januszewski to maneuver through the defense. In the 70th match minute, Kingpins was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Magnus Mus to maneuver through the defense. Mattias Asserlind showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rafal Damaski in the 71st minute of the match. Mattias Asserlind showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jakub Kon, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. Wladyslaw Zapolski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Titus Pullo in the 76th minute of play. In the 77th minute Mikael Ekeberg shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wladyslaw Zapolski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mattias Asserlind made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andrzej Gierasik in the 84th minute of play. Wladyslaw Zapolski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Titus Pullo in the 85th minute of the match. In the 86th minute, Jurand Sidorowicz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Despite being the better team, Kingpins failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.