U18 World League

Estadio da Luz
Spectators: 7700 (Terracing: 5776, Seating: 1771, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Francisco Graham started the match with the kick off. Jerrod Hope showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rafal Kosowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. After 7 played minutes Sport Lisboa e Benfica got a freekick which was hit by Dallas Sweet. The supporters of Sport Lisboa e Benfica booed when Brzostowiec was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tanek Swoboda didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Sport Lisboa e Benfica's zone, Rafal Kosowski stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jerrod Hope came out of the goal and Rafal Kosowski tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 15 minutes Sport Lisboa e Benfica's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Robert Bochynski who took care of the corner kick. When Georges Christopher came up free with the goalie in the 22nd minute, the Sport Lisboa e Benfica 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 Georges Christopher couldn't finish the play. Francisco Graham scored 1-0 in the 23rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Eugeniusz Redisz, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience was convinced that Rafal Kosowski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jerrod Hope was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. Robert Bochynski made a great header on Brzostowiec's corner, it was just that Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Jerrod Hope managed to reach the ball for a save. Jerrod Hope didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Brzostowiec's Rafal Kosowski shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-1 in the ordered_time% minute. After 39 minutes, Rafal Kosowski made it 1-2 with a short kick to the right side. Sport Lisboa e Benfica's Jerrod Hope tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Rafal Kosowski was the one to do the kick off. In the 52nd minute Rafal Kosowski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jerrod Hope saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jerrod Hope showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rafal Kosowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. After having played for 65 minutes, Lucjan Tokarczyk managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Brzostowiec's supporters crossed their fingers, but Lucjan Tokarczyk was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 76 minutes into the match, Sport Lisboa e Benfica's goalkeeper Jerrod Hope had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Rafal Kosowski. Jerrod Hope showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lucjan Tokarczyk, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rafal Kosowski in the 78th minute of play forced Sport Lisboa e Benfica's goalkeeper Jerrod Hope to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 81 minutes into the game, Lucjan Tokarczyk recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Jerrod Hope. Lucjan Tokarczyk showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-3. Lucjan Tokarczyk fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jerrod Hope having to interfere. After 95 minutes, Tanek Swoboda mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Brzostowiec and the Sport Lisboa e Benfica players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Sport Lisboa e Benfica booed when Brzostowiec was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tanek Swoboda didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. Brzostowiec had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.