U18 World League

ESA MONUMENTAL
Spectators: 7510 (Terracing: 5633, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 150) Aurelio Jacindo started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 6th minute, Ksawery Czekaj 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. If Pankracy Pietrowicz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Radowit Waselewicz kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. FC Dwa Do Ósmej's Slawomir Psotka proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save FC Dwa Do Ósmej from getting a goal against them. A collision led to FC Dwa Do Ósmej getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Pankracy Pietrowicz hit a great ball. A collision led to FC Dwa Do Ósmej getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Tobiasz Rasiak hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ryszard Biskupiak in the 23rd minute of play forced Esmeralda AFC's goalkeeper Mateo Jakue to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Slawomir Psotka showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ceferino Restu in the 32nd minute of the match. Pankracy Pietrowicz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mateo Jakue having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 46 minutes, Cristian Rufo took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Slawomir Psotka to make any attempt to save it. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Pankracy Pietrowicz was the one to do the kick off. After 54 played minutes Ryszard Biskupiak rounded Esmeralda AFC's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-1. After 58 played minutes Esmeralda AFC got a freekick which was hit by Severiano Clementi. Beniamin Ochabski's long shot made the audience stand up and applaude when it rumbled by Mateo Jakue on his right side and into the goal. 58 minutes into the game it was 1-2. Beniamin Ochabski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Mateo Jakue tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, FC Dwa Do Ósmej's Ryszard Biskupiak got a free kick in the 66th minute. Korneliusz Rakoski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mateo Jakue having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pankracy Pietrowicz in the 78th minute of play forced Esmeralda AFC's goalkeeper Mateo Jakue to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 80th minute Pankracy Pietrowicz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mateo Jakue saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 84 minutes into the game, Ksawery Czekaj was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FC Dwa Do Ósmej's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Esmeralda AFC the free kick. A collision led to FC Dwa Do Ósmej getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Ksawery Czekaj hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Esmeralda AFC's zone, Pankracy Pietrowicz stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mateo Jakue came out of the goal and Pankracy Pietrowicz tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ksawery Czekaj got free with Mateo Jakue in the 89th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Pankracy Pietrowicz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Aquilino Mon's late challenge caught a FC Dwa Do Ósmej's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Aquilino Mon helped the player get up and apologised. Aquilino Mon hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. 1-3 became the score in the 96th minute when Pankracy Pietrowicz elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. FC Dwa Do Ósmej's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.