U18 World League

Blizne Arena
Spectators: 7762 (Terracing: 5823, Seating: 1785, VIP seats: 154) Witalis Kolbert made the kick off and thus started the match. Prokl Bogatikov hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. Efim Rakhimov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Witalis Kolbert got free with Eduard Lutsevich in the 10th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 14 minutes into the match, FC Barcelona Lassa's goalkeeper Eduard Lutsevich had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Witalis Kolbert. 15 minutes into the game, KS Blizne's Leonard Kostrzewa nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Eduard Lutsevich made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Efim Rakhimov in the 23rd minute of play forced KS Blizne's goalkeeper Daniel Awizo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Daniel Awizo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Efim Rakhimov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. FC Barcelona Lassa were awarded a corner in the 26th minute after KS Blizne's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Sergey Baturin took the corner. The corner led FC Barcelona Lassa's Efim Rakhimov to fire away a dangerous shot which Daniel Awizo despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Eduard Lutsevich showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Witalis Kolbert, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. KS Blizne's Daniel Awizo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sergey Baturin in the 32nd minute of play. After a rather tough play, FC Barcelona Lassa's Mikhail Gerasimov got a free kick in the 35th minute. In the 38th minute, one of FC Barcelona Lassa: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 FC Barcelona Lassa. The goalkeeper, Eduard Lutsevich, was totally fooled by KS Blizne's Roman Banas, who 40 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. After 43 played minutes KS Blizne got a freekick which was hit by Wincenty Bejrut. After 46 played minutes FC Barcelona Lassa got a freekick which was hit by Danil Vetlugin. Witalis Kolbert might have been able to make a better finish in the 47th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Eduard Lutsevich. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Witalis Kolbert ran back to his position shaking his head. 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.

The wind increased when Sergey Baturin made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Efim Rakhimov in the 52nd minute of play forced KS Blizne's goalkeeper Daniel Awizo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 53 minutes, Boleslaw Merski mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the KS Blizne and the FC Barcelona Lassa players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to KS Blizne getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Boleslaw Merski hit a great ball. When Roman Banas fell near the penalty area in the 55th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored KS Blizne's protests and gave Roman Banas a yellow card for diving instead. In the 55th minute, Roman Banas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Eduard Lutsevich made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Witalis Kolbert in the 62nd minute of play. KS Blizne's Daniel Awizo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 63rd minute of the match, managed to save KS Blizne from getting a goal against them. When KS Blizne's Marek Maurycy in the 65th minute got a chance for a shot 65th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC Barcelona Lassa's goalie prevented a goal. In the 67th minute of the match KS Blizne got a corner. FC Barcelona Lassa's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Roman Banas ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Roman Banas got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Eduard Lutsevich quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Sergey Baturin scored 3-1 in the 70th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Daniel Awizo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. KS Blizne's Boleslaw Merski got his second yellow card of the match in the 82nd minute. The referee ordered Boleslaw Merski off the ground. Eduard Lutsevich came out of the goal in the 87th minute to try and stop a shot by KS Blizne's Witalis Kolbert. But to his dismay, Witalis Kolbert quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-1. When Svyatoslav Cherkashov fell near the penalty area in the 94th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC Barcelona Lassa's protests and gave Svyatoslav Cherkashov a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to FC Barcelona Lassa getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Svyatoslav Cherkashov hit a great ball. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. KS Blizne had won after a very even match.