U18 World League

Colpo in canna
Spectators: 7540 (Terracing: 5656, Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Adam Wydrych started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Izydor Banaszak in the 13th minute of play forced Li Archibugieri's goalkeeper Filippo Diana to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 15 minutes into the match, Li Archibugieri's goal looked a bit too open when Adam Wydrych came free, but Filippo Diana reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Armin Banana in the 20th minute of play forced Leeds Kraków F.C.'s goalkeeper Emil Kaznocha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Li Archibugieri's Filippo Diana played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Izydor Banaszak in the 24th minute of play. After some careless play in the Li Archibugieri defense, Izydor Banaszak kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Filippo Diana. The Li Archibugieri fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Filippo Diana should have stopped the shot. Kajetan Gieraltowski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Filippo Diana showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Izydor Banaszak, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. After 41 played minutes Li Archibugieri got a freekick which was hit by Cristoforo Sammartano. If Kajetan Gieraltowski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Emilio Anzolin could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 45th minute of the match, but Emil Kaznocha made a huge save. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Emilio Anzolin to make the kick off. Igor Mentis got his second yellow card in the match during the 51st minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. A nice corner shot did that Emilio Anzolin got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Emil Kaznocha quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After a rather tough play, Leeds Kraków F.C.'s Izydor Banaszak got a free kick in the 69th minute. Armin Banana took the ball and in the 71 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Emil Kaznocha. Emil Kaznocha dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. If Adam Wydrych had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Stasio Malewicz hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. Cristoforo Sammartano charged in rather forcefully in the 84th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Cristoforo Sammartano the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 84th minute, Cristoforo Sammartano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Filippo Diana made a fantastic save in the 86th minute, when Adam Wydrych sent off a good shot on target. Cristoforo Sammartano hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. Adam Wydrych received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Filippo Diana tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.