U18 World League

Stadion Astralny
Spectators: 7565 (Terracing: 5675, Seating: 1739, VIP seats: 151) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Kacper Figlewski got the match started through his kick off. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tibalt Abellaneda in the 2nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Teobald Puch prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Teobald Puch showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Donato Abella in the 7th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tibalt Abellaneda in the 8th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Teobald Puch prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 10th minute, Zacarias Abello hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Emil Bronkalas short, quick shot in the 10thth minute got Jaen Abadia to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The audience was convinced that Kacper Figlewski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jaen Abadia was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. After 17 played minutes La Mandarina Mecánica got a freekick which was hit by Zacarias Abello. Arkadiusz Faron charged in rather forcefully in the 21st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Arkadiusz Faron the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, La Mandarina Mecánica's Donato Abella got a free kick in the 22nd minute. Teobald Puch took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from César Menachem, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 24th minute Tibalt Abellaneda shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Teobald Puch saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Donato Abella recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 26th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Kacper Figlewski kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tibalt Abellaneda in the 45th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Teobald Puch prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The wind increased when Tibalt Abellaneda made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kacper Figlewski in the 52nd minute of play forced La Mandarina Mecánica's goalkeeper Jaen Abadia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 56th minute, Wit Damaski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tibalt Abellaneda could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 61st minute of the match, but Teobald Puch made a huge save. Milosz Kaznocha hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. If Donato Abella had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Astral's Teobald Puch proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 68th minute of the match, managed to save Astral from getting a goal against them. After a defensive mix-up in Astral's zone, Donato Abella stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Teobald Puch came out of the goal and Donato Abella tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The supporters of La Mandarina Mecánica booed when Astral was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wladyslaw Sanocki didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tibalt Abellaneda took the ball and in the 73 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Teobald Puch. Teobald Puch dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Donato Abella fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Teobald Puch having to interfere. Milosz Kaznocha kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. Teobald Puch made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tibalt Abellaneda in the 90th minute. After having played for 92 minutes, Tibalt Abellaneda managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. La Mandarina Mecánica's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tibalt Abellaneda was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Astral's defense didn't have a chance, in the 93rd minute, when Donato Abella scored to the left of an out of position Teobald Puch, making the score, 0-2. La Mandarina Mecánica's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.