U18 World League

Onyx Arena
Spectators: 7550 (Terracing: 5664, Seating: 1736, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Zbigniew Panikowski kicked off to start the match. After a rather tough play, Onyx's Artur Rosiewicz got a free kick in the 3rd minute. When Wiktor Bojanowski fell near the penalty area in the 4th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Onyx's protests and gave Wiktor Bojanowski a yellow card for diving instead. Niebiański&Team made a substitution. Edmund Dytrych replaced Zbigniew Panikowski. After 7 played minutes, Niebiański&Team's Boleslaw Penczkowski shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Jakub Nieruchliwy came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Niebiański&Team reached it. After 13 played minutes, Niebiański&Team's Ludomil Mazierski shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Jakub Nieruchliwy came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Niebiański&Team reached it. Niebiański&Team's Konstanty Dabrowski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 17th minute of the match, managed to save Niebiański&Team from getting a goal against them. After 18 played minutes Onyx got a freekick which was hit by Cyprian Karpinski. When Niebiański&Team's Edmund Dytrych in the 21st minute got a chance for a shot 21st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Onyx's goalie prevented a goal. The corner ended in Mariusz Zbytniewski almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Onyx's Jakub Nieruchliwy did a great save. Leszek Daszkowski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jakub Nieruchliwy having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jaroslaw Gecionis got free with Konstanty Dabrowski in the 27th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 31st minute Edmund Dytrych shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jakub Nieruchliwy saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jakub Nieruchliwy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edmund Dytrych, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Artur Rosiewicz was the one to do the kick off. In the 51st match minute, Niebiański&Team was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Boleslaw Penczkowski to maneuver through the defense. Jakub Nieruchliwy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edmund Dytrych in the 53rd minute of the match. In the 55th minute, Wiktor Bojanowski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jakub Nieruchliwy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edmund Dytrych in the 57th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Edmund Dytrych got free with Jakub Nieruchliwy in the 65th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 69 played minutes Niebiański&Team got a freekick which was hit by Norbert Tychy. After a rather tough play, Niebiański&Team's Ludomil Mazierski got a free kick in the 70th minute. Jakub Zatorski recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 71st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 74 played minutes Niebiański&Team got a freekick which was hit by Edmund Dytrych. Edmund Dytrych sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Onyx's Jakub Nieruchliwy proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 81st minute of the match, managed to save Onyx from getting a goal against them. A collision led to Onyx getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Wiktor Bojanowski hit a great ball. In the 86th minute, Cyprian Karpinski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 88th minute, Edmund Dytrych managed to get in a good position for a shot. Niebiański&Team's supporters rose to their feet, but Edmund Dytrych was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jakub Nieruchliwy breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Niebiański&Team players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.