U18 World League

Arena Widzew
Spectators: 7693 (Terracing: 5771, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Filip Hludzenski started the match with the kick off. Vihtori Viljanen hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. In the 8th minute Joonas Sainomaa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edmund Cielencki saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sebastian Derlanga kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. After 17 minutes of play, Manchester United FC's Tuomas Hurme made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Edmund Cielencki was left in no man's land by his defense there! Tuomas Hurme took the ball and in the 21 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Edmund Cielencki. Edmund Cielencki dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Edmund Cielencki showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rami Tallqvist in the 24th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Kyno Team defense, Tuomas Hurme kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Edmund Cielencki. The Kyno Team fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Edmund Cielencki should have stopped the shot. Manchester United FC's Saul Väänänen proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 28th minute of the match, managed to save Manchester United FC from getting a goal against them. When Rami Tallqvist fell near the penalty area in the 32nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Manchester United FC's protests and gave Rami Tallqvist a yellow card for diving instead. In the 33rd match minute, Manchester United FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rami Tallqvist to maneuver through the defense. Manchester United FC's Saul Väänänen proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 38th minute of the match, managed to save Manchester United FC from getting a goal against them. Kyno Team's Edmund Cielencki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vihtori Viljanen in the 40th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valio Sammalkangas in the 43rd minute of play forced Kyno Team's goalkeeper Edmund Cielencki to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tuomas Hurme in the 45th minute of play forced Kyno Team's goalkeeper Edmund Cielencki to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Valio Sammalkangas came up free with the goalie in the 46th minute, the Manchester United FC 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 Valio Sammalkangas couldn't finish the play. Manchester United FC made a substitution. Tatu Lumijärvi replaced Esa Salo. A collision led to Manchester United FC getting a freekick after 50 minutes play. Esa Salo hit a great ball. The Kyno Team players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Manchester United FC were winning 0-3.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Valio Sammalkangas was the one to do the kick off. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tuomas Hurme in the 58th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Edmund Cielencki prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 60 minutes into the game, Kyno Team's Zdzislaw Trac nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Saul Väänänen made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-3. In the 63rd minute, Teobald Kosel made a precise shot to the right of Saul Väänänen. Manchester United FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-3. The crowd rose to their feet as Valio Sammalkangas kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Edmund Cielencki. That made the score 2-4 in the 70 minute of play. Saul Väänänen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Filip Hludzenski in the 74th minute of play. Edmund Cielencki didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 76th minute, which inside left pole to 2-5. Boruc Podwojski hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. In the 90th minute, Tuomas Hurme 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. Tuomas Hurme received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Edmund Cielencki came out and tried to block the shot, but Tuomas Hurme slotted it home off the left post making it 2-6 in the 92nd minute. Vihtori Viljanen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 97th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Edmund Cielencki having to interfere. When the final whistle sounded Manchester United FC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Kyno Team.