U18 World League

Troopers Arena
Spectators: 7707 (Terracing: 5782, Seating: 1772, VIP seats: 153) Iwan Bator's late challenge caught a Oakcroft Thrashers's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Iwan Bator helped the player get up and apologised. When the match had gone on for 14 minutes, Iwan Bator took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Rickard Wennerström to make any attempt to save it. Radomir Glogowski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dan Wassenius in the 18th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Oakcroft Thrashers's Villiam Finman got a free kick in the 20th minute. Rickard Wennerström was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Iwan Bator showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 22 minute of play. With a little luck, Oakcroft Thrashers's Rickard Wennerström got control of the ball when Iwan Bator tried to sneak it across the goal line. Oakcroft Thrashers's Rickard Wennerström proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 29th minute of the match, managed to save Oakcroft Thrashers from getting a goal against them. Rickard Wennerström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ziemowit Budrewicz in the 30th minute of the match. Sten Jönsson kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. Rickard Wennerström made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sylwester Luty in the 33rd minute of play. Radomir Glogowski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jan-Erik Askberg, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Iwan Bator recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 42nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 44th minute Daniel Mentis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rickard Wennerström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 46 minutes into the game, Ryszard Waselenczuk was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. White Star Troopers's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Oakcroft Thrashers the free kick.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Jan-Erik Askberg to strike the kick off in the second half. Sylwester Luty hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. Radomir Glogowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dan Wassenius in the 53rd minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Stefan Asmundsson got free with Radomir Glogowski in the 54th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Sylwester Luty in the 57th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Rickard Wennerström prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Rickard Wennerström showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daniel Mentis, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. Oakcroft Thrashers's Rickard Wennerström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Iwan Bator in the 60th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Oakcroft Thrashers's Olov Wennerquist got a free kick in the 62nd minute. Sylwester Luty took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 62nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Rickard Wennerström. Oakcroft Thrashers's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Daniel Mentis struck a weak shot in the 64th minute. Rickard Wennerström didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for White Star Troopers. Rickard Wennerström showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sylwester Luty, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. When Ziemowit Budrewicz came up free with the goalie in the 71st minute, the White Star Troopers 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 Ziemowit Budrewicz couldn't finish the play. White Star Troopers's Tolek Gredal was substituted for Iwan Bator. Lucjan Kaczorowski kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. 77 minutes into the match, White Star Troopers's goal looked a bit too open when Dan Wassenius came free, but Radomir Glogowski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rickard Wennerström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tolek Gredal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Oakcroft Thrashers's Rickard Wennerström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tolek Gredal in the 88th minute of play. 92 minutes into the match, Tolek Gredal had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rickard Wennerström. Oakcroft Thrashers's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tolek Gredal was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. Oakcroft Thrashers's Rickard Wennerström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tolek Gredal in the 96th minute of play. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. White Star Troopers fully deserved thier win.