U18 World League

High Ground
Spectators: 7729 (Terracing: 5798, Seating: 1777, VIP seats: 154) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Roman Klejnowski took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to PTB Football Club getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Aleksander Pstrongowski hit a great ball. After 11 minutes of play, Alexandria Team08's Bogdan Goma made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Wawrzyniec Plucinik was left in no man's land by his defense there! Alexandria Team08's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Vintilă Bâru in the 15th minute. It was a well-played corner which Valentin Smarandache managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. After some careless play in the PTB Football Club defense, Bogdan Goma kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Wawrzyniec Plucinik. The PTB Football Club fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Wawrzyniec Plucinik should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, Alexandria Team08's Vintilă Bâru got a free kick in the 20th minute. Traian Sucigan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Witalis Malik in the 21st minute of play. PTB Football Club's Wawrzyniec Plucinik played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Traian Dăianu in the 27th minute of play. Roman Klejnowski's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Traian Sucigan firmly grabbed it by the left post. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Traian Dăianu in the 31st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Wawrzyniec Plucinik prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 33 minutes into the match, PTB Football Club's Kajetan Budzyn sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Traian Sucigan narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Traian Sucigan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kajetan Budzyn, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Roman Klejnowski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Traian Sucigan having to interfere. In the 42nd minute, Kajetan Budzyn 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. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The audience was convinced that Kajetan Budzyn's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Traian Sucigan was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Bogdan Goma during the 56th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 57th match minute, Alexandria Team08 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bogdan Goma to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in Alexandria Team08's zone, Roman Klejnowski stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Traian Sucigan came out of the goal and Roman Klejnowski tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Witalis Malik in the 59th minute of play forced Alexandria Team08's goalkeeper Traian Sucigan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bogdan Goma could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 62nd minute of the match, but Wawrzyniec Plucinik made a huge save. 63 minutes into the match, Alexandria Team08's goal looked a bit too open when Witalis Malik came free, but Traian Sucigan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 66 played minutes PTB Football Club got a freekick which was hit by Witalis Malik. Traian Sucigan didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Witalis Malik went, in the 68th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. After 71 played minutes PTB Football Club got a freekick which was hit by Leon Osikowicz. Witalis Malik recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 76th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Roman Klejnowski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Wawrzyniec Plucinik showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vintilă Bâru in the 84th minute of the match. In the 87th minute, Roman Klejnowski left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The PTB Football Club fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-2. Kajetan Budzyn received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Traian Sucigan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Roman Klejnowski might have been able to make a better finish in the 92nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Traian Sucigan. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Roman Klejnowski ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 95th minute, one of PTB Football Club: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 PTB Football Club. In the 96th minute there was a penalty for Alexandria Team08. Vintilă Bâru stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Wawrzyniec Plucinik. 3-3. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.