U18 World League

Neptune Arena
Spectators: 7460 (Terracing: 5596, Seating: 1715, VIP seats: 149) Newcastle United's Wlodzimierz Siwy started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Newcastle United's Kajetan Kossakowski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 2nd minute of the match, managed to save Newcastle United from getting a goal against them. Malcolm Hård came free with the goalkeeper in the 5th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Kajetan Kossakowski could save by the left post. After a rather tough play, Newcastle United's Stanislaw Giertych got a free kick in the 6th minute. Philip Larsson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Kajetan Kossakowski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 17 minutes into the match, Youth Academy Of Rhye's goal looked a bit too open when Wlodzimierz Siwy came free, but Arvin Eriksson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Stanislaw Giertych's late challenge caught a Youth Academy Of Rhye's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Stanislaw Giertych helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Newcastle United getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Stanislaw Giertych hit a great ball. Mattias Holm's late challenge caught a Newcastle United's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mattias Holm helped the player get up and apologised. In the 20th match minute, Youth Academy Of Rhye was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mattias Holm to maneuver through the defense. 24 minutes had been played when some careless play by Newcastle United's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ulrik Gallin was slow to take the kick. During this time Youth Academy Of Rhye's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Youth Academy Of Rhye's corner Ulrik Gallin fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Kajetan Kossakowski quite easily take care of the ball. Malcolm Hård might have been able to make a better finish in the 26th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Kajetan Kossakowski. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Malcolm Hård ran back to his position shaking his head. If Mattias Holm had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Juliusz Milko received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Arvin Eriksson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wlodzimierz Siwy in the 41st minute of play forced Youth Academy Of Rhye's goalkeeper Arvin Eriksson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Mattias Holm made a kick off. Philip Larsson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Kajetan Kossakowski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 57 minutes, Malcolm Hård managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Youth Academy Of Rhye's supporters crossed their fingers, but Malcolm Hård was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 58th minute Mattias Holm shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kajetan Kossakowski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 62nd minute, Sven-Olof Kellman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Youth Academy Of Rhye's Arvin Eriksson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 63rd minute of the match, managed to save Youth Academy Of Rhye from getting a goal against them. If Mattias Holm had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Youth Academy Of Rhye's Mattias Holm got a good chance for a goal in the 76th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Philip Larsson scored 1-0 in the 81st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Kajetan Kossakowski, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Malcolm Hård received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Kajetan Kossakowski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Wlodzimierz Siwy scored 1-1 in the 95th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Arvin Eriksson, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Newcastle United were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.