U18 World League

Lions Den
Spectators: 7710 (Terracing: 5784, Seating: 1773, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Robert Zawadzki got the match started through his kick off. Ryszard Piechocki made an important save on a dangerous shot by Max Wills in the 6th minute. The supporters of Lech Max booed when Leicester Lions was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nicky Gregory didn't get a good kick on the ball. 9 minutes into the match, Leicester Lions's goal looked a bit too open when Adam Tyski came free, but Gerry Neville reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Leicester Lions's Ronan Walls got a free kick in the 12th minute. Patryk Dulka's late challenge caught a Leicester Lions's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Patryk Dulka helped the player get up and apologised. Patryk Dulka hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ronan Walls in the 16th minute of play forced Lech Max's goalkeeper Ryszard Piechocki to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 20 minutes into the match, Leicester Lions's goal looked a bit too open when Robert Zawadzki came free, but Gerry Neville reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Leicester Lions's Vic Burrows got a free kick in the 21st minute. Felix Bacon kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Lech Max's Lucjan Kiepski got a free kick in the 25th minute. Ryszard Piechocki showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ronan Walls, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. 30 minutes into the game, Adam Tyski cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Gerry Neville was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nathan Leyburn got free with Ryszard Piechocki in the 35th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Robert Zawadzki kicked well hit freekick during the 36th minute of the match. With a little luck, Lech Max's Ryszard Piechocki got control of the ball when Vic Burrows tried to sneak it across the goal line. Ryszard Piechocki made a fantastic save in the 42nd minute, when Vic Burrows sent off a good shot on target. 44 minutes into the match, Leicester Lions's goal looked a bit too open when Beniamin Czciborek came free, but Gerry Neville reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nathan Leyburn received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Ryszard Piechocki tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Lech Max's Ryszard Piechocki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Max Wills in the 56th minute of play. In the 59th minute, Vic Burrows made a precise shot to the right of Ryszard Piechocki. Lech Max's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Ryszard Piechocki took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vic Burrows, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lech Max's Ryszard Piechocki played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ronan Walls in the 82nd minute of play. 91 minutes into the game, Zbigniew Lesiecki was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Lech Max's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Leicester Lions the free kick. After 93 minutes of play, Leicester Lions's Ronan Walls made it 4-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ryszard Piechocki was left in no man's land by his defense there!