U18 World League

Emirates Stadium
Spectators: 7446 (Terracing: 5586, Seating: 1712, VIP seats: 148) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tomasz Bycofski started the match with the kick off. Sparta LKS's Sylwester Bojanowski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lorenzo Argoitz in the 4th minute of play. If Tomasz Bycofski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Zdzislaw Orszak hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. After 9 played minutes, Silver Play 2's Ildefonso Madeo shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Sylwester Bojanowski 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 Silver Play 2 reached it. Jonatan Mel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zdzislaw Orszak, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Silver Play 2's Jonatan Mel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lukasz Kosowski in the 19th minute of play. With a little luck, Silver Play 2's Jonatan Mel got control of the ball when Lukasz Kosowski tried to sneak it across the goal line. Ramon Ugaitz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sylwester Bojanowski having to interfere. Silver Play 2's Jonatan Mel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lukasz Kosowski in the 27th minute of play. The supporters of Sparta LKS booed when Silver Play 2 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leandro Azeari didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a little luck, Silver Play 2's Jonatan Mel got control of the ball when Norbert Wieczorek tried to sneak it across the goal line. Zdzislaw Orszak received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Jonatan Mel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Zdzislaw Orszak in the 39th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonatan Mel saved Silver Play 2 from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ramon Ugaitz in the 40th minute of play forced Sparta LKS's goalkeeper Sylwester Bojanowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 41 minutes, Jonatan Mel successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Lukasz Kosowski hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Lorenzo Argoitz made a kick off. Sylwester Bojanowski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lorenzo Argoitz went, in the 51st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. In the 56th minute of the match, Lorenzo Argoitz got a very nice opportunity to score, but Sylwester Bojanowski was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. In the 58th minute, Lukasz Kosowski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jonatan Mel was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Sparta LKS's Sylwester Bojanowski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 67th minute of the match, managed to save Sparta LKS from getting a goal against them. A collision led to Sparta LKS getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Zdzislaw Orszak hit a great ball. Sparta LKS's Sylwester Bojanowski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 76th minute of the match, managed to save Sparta LKS from getting a goal against them. In the 76th minute, Czeslaw Anszczak hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sylwester Bojanowski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ramon Ugaitz in the 78th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Tomasz Bycofski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonatan Mel was relentless in the 79th minute of the game. In the 82nd minute, Izydor Pysz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 86 minutes of play, Silver Play 2's Lorenzo Argoitz made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sylwester Bojanowski was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 92nd minute, Lukasz Kosowski made a precise shot to the right of Jonatan Mel. Silver Play 2's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-2. Zdzislaw Orszak received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. Jonatan Mel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.