U18 World League

Puszcza Bukowa
Spectators: 7547 (Terracing: 5662, Seating: 1735, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Huib Thole kicked off to start the match. Ludomil Miecznikowski might have been able to make a better finish in the 4th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Mart Mans. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ludomil Miecznikowski ran back to his position shaking his head. If Ludomil Miecznikowski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Mosk's Mart Mans proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 8th minute of the match, managed to save Mosk from getting a goal against them. Mosk's Mart Mans proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save Mosk from getting a goal against them. Ludomil Miecznikowski in the 23rdth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Mart Mans, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Radowit Lichniak came out of the goal in the 28th minute to try and stop a shot by Mosk's Eelco van der Velden. But to his dismay, Eelco van der Velden quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. The throw-in from Harris van Kempen in the 31st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by KS Bukowe's Izydor Burufski. 34 minutes had been played when some careless play by KS Bukowe's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Bob Decheiver was slow to take the kick. During this time Mosk's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Mosk's Huib Thole to a score. 0-2 in the 35th minute. Radowit Lichniak took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gijsbert Zethof, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 44th minute, Gijsbert Zethof hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ludomil Miecznikowski got free with Mart Mans in the 47th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ludomil Miecznikowski to make the kick off. 54 minutes into the match, Eelco van der Velden dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Radowit Lichniak, 0-3. KS Bukowe's Ludomil Miecznikowski got a good chance for a goal in the 62nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After some careless play in the Mosk defense, Ludomil Miecznikowski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mart Mans. The Mosk fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mart Mans should have stopped the shot. In the 69th minute, Hans Veenhuis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mart Mans showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ludomil Miecznikowski in the 73rd minute of the match. Radowit Lichniak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bob Decheiver in the 74th minute of play. The supporters of Mosk booed when KS Bukowe was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Edmund Bilicki didn't get a good kick on the ball. Bob Decheiver's shot from long distance in the 76th minute was not bad at all, but KS Bukowe's Radowit Lichniak knew what was happening and pushed the ball into his arms just before it hit the right post. If Ludomil Miecznikowski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 86th minute, Huib Thole ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Radowit Lichniak was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-4. Huib Thole blasted a shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Radowit Lichniak having to make a save. In the 95th match minute, Mosk was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eelco van der Velden to maneuver through the defense. The KS Bukowe fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Mosk were clearly better and deserved to take the win.