U18 World League

Rushden Lakes
Spectators: 7498 (Terracing: 5624, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Jeff Birchall made the kick off which started today's match. In the 9th minute, Boguslaw Mnich ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ollie Clark was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. After a rather tough play, Działki Leśne Gdynia's Waldemar Brzonkala got a free kick in the 15th minute. The supporters of Działki Leśne Gdynia booed when TibaDons was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Reggie Shephard didn't get a good kick on the ball. 17 minutes into the game, Jakub Kolba cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Ollie Clark was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. TibaDons's Ollie Clark played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Boguslaw Mnich in the 24th minute of play. In the 25th match minute, Działki Leśne Gdynia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gwidon Zacharzewski to maneuver through the defense. Gwidon Zacharzewski charged in rather forcefully in the 26th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Gwidon Zacharzewski the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jakub Kolba in the 33rd minute of play forced TibaDons's goalkeeper Ollie Clark to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 36 minutes into the game, Działki Leśne Gdynia's Szymon Dresik nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ollie Clark made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. Jakub Kolba received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Ollie Clark tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Reggie Shephard charged in rather forcefully in the 43rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Reggie Shephard the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, TibaDons's Jeff Birchall got a free kick in the 46th minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

Jakub Kolba sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to TibaDons getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Luke Cooke hit a great ball. In the 58th minute of the match Jerzy Dranka sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ollie Clark skillfully saved the ball. 63 minutes into the game, Działki Leśne Gdynia's Szymon Dresik nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ollie Clark made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. Ollie Clark was out of position in the 65 minute of play, and Boguslaw Mnich capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Boguslaw Mnich really showed his touch with that goal: 0-5. After 69 minutes of play, TibaDons's Jeff Birchall made it 1-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lukasz Dynda was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 72nd minute Jakub Kolba shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ollie Clark saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ollie Clark made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jakub Kolba in the 75th minute of play. Działki Leśne Gdynia's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Jerzy Dranka in the 76th minute. When Robbie Denham fell near the penalty area in the 81st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored TibaDons's protests and gave Robbie Denham a yellow card for diving instead. In the 81st minute, Robbie Denham hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cezary Filanowski in the 85th minute of play forced TibaDons's goalkeeper Ollie Clark to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 86th minute, Boguslaw Mnich managed to get in a good position for a shot. Działki Leśne Gdynia's supporters rose to their feet, but Boguslaw Mnich was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ollie Clark breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. TibaDons's Ollie Clark proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 89th minute of the match, managed to save TibaDons from getting a goal against them. Lukasz Dynda came out of the goal in the 91st minute to try and stop a shot by TibaDons's Jeff Birchall. But to his dismay, Jeff Birchall quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-5. The TibaDons supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Działki Leśne Gdynia's performance. The match ended with a win for Działki Leśne Gdynia.