U18 World League

Arena Sán José
Spectators: 7484 (Terracing: 5615, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 147) Zachary Rekawiczka started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zachary Rekawiczka in the 3rd minute of play forced Pendotiba's goalkeeper Lucas Perez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 4th minute, Zachary Rekawiczka left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The TS Wisła Kraków fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. TS Wisła Kraków's Walery Balkiewicz got a good chance for a goal in the 7th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zachary Rekawiczka in the 18th minute of play forced Pendotiba's goalkeeper Lucas Perez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 19th minute, Leonard Ruzicki left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The TS Wisła Kraków fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. With a little luck, TS Wisła Kraków's Wojciech Marajda got control of the ball when Ramiro Dias tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 24th match minute, Pendotiba was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rodriguinho das Neves to maneuver through the defense. Mateusz Cwojdak was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 25th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. After 31 played minutes TS Wisła Kraków got a freekick which was hit by Tobiasz Sienkowski. In the 35th minute, Leonard Ruzicki made a precise shot to the right of Lucas Perez. Pendotiba's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. In the 41st minute, Leonard Ruzicki ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Lucas Perez was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. In the 43rd minute Zachary Rekawiczka shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lucas Perez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tobiasz Sienkowski made in the 46th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Slawomir Mudry however managed to control. Disappointed in the 0-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Ramiro Dias made the kick off in the second half. In the 57th minute of the match, Leonard Ruzicki got a very nice opportunity to score, but Lucas Perez was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Anísio Bertassi charged in rather forcefully in the 58th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Anísio Bertassi the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of TS Wisła Kraków booed when Pendotiba was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Anísio Bertassi didn't get a good kick on the ball. Slawomir Mudry hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. Zachary Rekawiczka received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Lucas Perez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 75th minute, Zachary Rekawiczka 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. After 81 played minutes, Pendotiba's Rodriguinho das Neves shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Wojciech Marajda came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Pendotiba reached it. Zachary Rekawiczka recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 85th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Wojciech Marajda showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ramiro Dias, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. The TS Wisła Kraków supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing TS Wisła Kraków would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.