U18 World League

Floriana Krygiera
Spectators: 7852 (Terracing: 5890, Seating: 1806, VIP seats: 156) Wieslaw Nalaskowski started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Remigiusz Kaczynski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Boruc Czerny tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 5th minute of the match, Wieslaw Nalaskowski got a very nice opportunity to score, but Karol Kopacz was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Lucjan Drozdowski hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. In the 12th minute, a hard, long distance shot from Benedykt Siembab hit the top of the crossbar and flew over the goal. Karol Kopacz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wieslaw Nalaskowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Karol Kopacz made an important save on a dangerous shot by Wieslaw Nalaskowski in the 17th minute. The Radarowcy Szczecin fans' excitement grew in the 21st match minute when Radarowcy Szczecin's Igor Treppa 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 1-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. The crowd rose to their feet as Walery Pluciennik kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Karol Kopacz. That made the score 2-0 in the 29 minute of play. After a rather tough play, Radarowcy Szczecin's Lucjan Drozdowski got a free kick in the 35th minute. With an all-out effort, Radarowcy Szczecin's Karol Kopacz threw himself towards the right post 37 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Walery Pluciennik, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After 38 minutes, Igor Treppa mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Radarowcy Szczecin and the Gortaty players grew even worse after the yellow card. Igor Treppa hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. Benedykt Siembab took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 39th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Boruc Czerny. Radarowcy Szczecin's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The supporters of Gortaty booed when Radarowcy Szczecin was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Slawomir Matela didn't get a good kick on the ball. Czeslaw Skrzypiec fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Boruc Czerny having to interfere. Remigiusz Kaczynski charged in rather forcefully in the 46th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Remigiusz Kaczynski the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 46th match minute, Gortaty was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Remigiusz Kaczynski to maneuver through the defense. 47 minutes into the match, Wieslaw Nalaskowski notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Gortaty's Karol Kopacz. Karol Kopacz was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Benedykt Siembab to make the kick off. Benedykt Siembab charged in rather forcefully in the 52nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Benedykt Siembab the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Radarowcy Szczecin booed when Gortaty was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Benedykt Siembab didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 54 minutes, Walery Pluciennik made it 4-0 with a short kick to the right side. Gortaty's Karol Kopacz tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 59th minute Radarowcy Szczecin were awarded a corner. Antoni Walkowski went to the cornerflag to take it. Karol Kopacz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wieslaw Nalaskowski in the 60th minute of the match. When Bartosz Chrzan came up free with the goalie in the 85th minute, the Gortaty 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 Bartosz Chrzan couldn't finish the play. In the 96th minute, Walery Pluciennik hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Radarowcy Szczecin had won after a very even match.