U18 World League

Torpedo
Spectators: 7665 (Terracing: 5750, Seating: 1762, VIP seats: 153) Conny Andreasson made the kick off and thus started the match. After a rather tough play, FC Kurdish Warriors's Stig Danielsson got a free kick in the 8th minute. FC Torpedo Dabrowa's Iwan Walkowski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Folke Alebäck in the 11th minute of play. Wincent Kajdasz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Edward Johansson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 18th minute Conny Andreasson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iwan Walkowski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 19 played minutes FC Torpedo Dabrowa got a freekick which was hit by Boruc Gruchacz. In the 22nd minute, Boruc Gruchacz left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Torpedo Dabrowa fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Edward Johansson made a fantastic save in the 25th minute, when Wincent Kajdasz sent off a good shot on target. In the 30th minute, Wilhelm Bergström hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Edward Johansson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Boruc Gruchacz in the 30th minute of play. Eugeniusz Cichowski took the ball and in the 32 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Edward Johansson. Edward Johansson dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. 38 minutes into the match, Conny Andreasson had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Iwan Walkowski. FC Torpedo Dabrowa's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Conny Andreasson was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Peter Norberg sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Boruc Gruchacz stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After having played for 51 minutes, Boruc Gruchacz managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Torpedo Dabrowa's supporters crossed their fingers, but Boruc Gruchacz was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After some careless play in the FC Kurdish Warriors defense, Wincent Kajdasz kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Edward Johansson. The FC Kurdish Warriors fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Edward Johansson should have stopped the shot. Boruc Gruchacz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Edward Johansson having to interfere. After 62 played minutes FC Torpedo Dabrowa got a freekick which was hit by Wieslaw Smuskiewicz. FC Kurdish Warriors's Conny Andreasson took a good shot, in the 63rd minute, which hit the crossbar above Iwan Walkowski's head, and flew over the goal. FC Torpedo Dabrowa's manager was very thankful on the sidelines as his team had managed to keep the ball out of the net after some serious pressure by FC Kurdish Warriors. Edward Johansson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Boruc Gruchacz, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Edward Johansson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wincent Kajdasz in the 69th minute of the match. In the 77th minute the ball was on its way in behind FC Kurdish Warriors's goalkeeper Edward Johansson, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 82 minutes into the match, FC Torpedo Dabrowa's goal looked a bit too open when Peter Norberg came free, but Iwan Walkowski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wincent Kajdasz in the 90th minute of play forced FC Kurdish Warriors's goalkeeper Edward Johansson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. FC Torpedo Dabrowa had won after a very even match.