U18 World League

Dionisio Fernanco
Spectators: 8002 (Terracing: 6003, Seating: 1840, VIP seats: 159) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Marciano Maxin kicked off to start the match. The supporters of Sportivo Ben Hur booed when Grasshoppers Klucze was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Boguslaw Kossakowski didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of Sportivo Ben Hur booed when Grasshoppers Klucze was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Boguslaw Kossakowski didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 14th play minutes Marciano Maxin shot 1-0, a short shot which went by Wlodzimierz Fleszar and just under the crossbar into goal. In the 20th minute Miromir Rydz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Abelardo Cristofor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Desiderio Tancredo got free with Wlodzimierz Fleszar in the 24th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Abelardo Cristofor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Miromir Rydz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marciano Maxin sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Felix Malvin during the 31st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 31 played minutes Sportivo Ben Hur got a freekick which was hit by Felix Malvin. After a rather tough play, Grasshoppers Klucze's Mariusz Juroszek got a free kick in the 38th minute. In the 39th minute of the match Alejandro Igon shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Wlodzimierz Fleszar showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. During the 42nd minute of the match Boguslaw Kossakowski completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Boguslaw Kossakowski a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 42nd minute of the game. One of Grasshoppers Klucze:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Sportivo Ben Hur:s goal. The referee gave Sportivo Ben Hur a penalty, 44 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Gavino Vela, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Grasshoppers Klucze's Wlodzimierz Fleszar. 2-0.

Grasshoppers Klucze's Wlodzimierz Fleszar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Desiderio Tancredo in the 54th minute of play. Grasshoppers Klucze's Miromir Rydz got a good chance for a goal in the 57th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 62nd minute, Marciano Maxin managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sportivo Ben Hur's supporters rose to their feet, but Marciano Maxin was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Wlodzimierz Fleszar breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Lukasz Kociniewski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The Sportivo Ben Hur fans' excitement grew in the 72nd match minute when Sportivo Ben Hur's Marciano Maxin looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 3-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. When Miromir Rydz came up free with the goalie in the 80th minute, the Grasshoppers Klucze 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 Miromir Rydz couldn't finish the play. Jimeno Lizbeth kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Sportivo Ben Hur's Marciano Maxin got a free kick in the 85th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lukasz Kociniewski in the 88th minute of play forced Sportivo Ben Hur's goalkeeper Abelardo Cristofor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Wlodzimierz Fleszar came out of the goal in the 89th minute to try and stop a shot by Sportivo Ben Hur's Bruno Maraman. But to his dismay, Bruno Maraman quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. Iwan Zurawski hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. In the 95th minute of the match Alejandro Igon shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Wlodzimierz Fleszar showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Grasshoppers Klucze's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because Sportivo Ben Hur had won, even though Grasshoppers Klucze had held more of the ball.