U18 World League

Stadio Olimpico
Spectators: 7542 (Terracing: 5658, Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 150) Ludomir Lizewski started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. When Johnny Wadham fell near the penalty area in the 5th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Roma's protests and gave Johnny Wadham a yellow card for diving instead. Johnny Wadham kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. A collision led to Kurzawka getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Wieslaw Panikowski hit a great ball. A collision led to Kurzawka getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Wieslaw Panikowski hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Roma's Reg Renner got a free kick in the 10th minute. Tris Stockley sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. David Bettney showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bernard Sadlowski in the 20th minute of the match. In the 22nd minute Ludomir Lizewski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but David Bettney saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Roma's Johnny Wadham got a good chance for a goal in the 25th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 34 minutes into the match, Robert Duda notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Roma's David Bettney. David Bettney was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After a rather tough play, Roma's Richie Goacher got a free kick in the 41st minute. David Bettney showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bernard Sadlowski in the 43rd minute of the match. When Reg Renner fell near the penalty area in the 44th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Roma's protests and gave Reg Renner a yellow card for diving instead. Reg Renner hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Johnny Wadham made a kick off. Zdzislaw Puzio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Johnny Wadham in the 57th minute of play. The supporters of Roma booed when Kurzawka was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cezary Rasialdo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Richie Goacher kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. 62 minutes into the game, Ludomir Lizewski recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of David Bettney. Ludomir Lizewski showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-3. 66 minutes into the match, Roma's goal looked a bit too open when Ludomir Lizewski came free, but David Bettney reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Kurzawka's Ludomir Lizewski slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of David Bettney. That made the score 0-4 after 67 minutes of play. The Kurzawka fans' excitement grew in the 71st match minute when Kurzawka's Ludomir Lizewski looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-5 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Bernard Sadlowski could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 75th minute of the match, but David Bettney made a huge save. After a rather tough play, Roma's Henry Barron got a free kick in the 77th minute. David Bettney took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ludomir Lizewski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. David Bettney made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcin Podowski in the 81st minute of play. Kyle Potter's late challenge caught a Kurzawka's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kyle Potter helped the player get up and apologised. After 83 played minutes Roma got a freekick which was hit by Kyle Potter. In the 84th minute, Roland Fudalej 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. Marcin Podowski hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. David Bettney showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcin Podowski in the 90th minute of the match. David Bettney took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ludomir Lizewski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Roma getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Henry Barron hit a great ball. Roma's defense didn't have a chance, in the 95th minute, when Marcin Podowski scored to the left of an out of position David Bettney, making the score, 0-6. When the final whistle sounded Kurzawka left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Roma.