U18 World League

Olympistadium
Spectators: 7490 (Terracing: 5618, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 149) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Wiktor Kochowski made the kick off which started today's match. The supporters of LEGIA Bielany booed when Oylimpiamos Ψ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gutierre Avina didn't get a good kick on the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Wiktor Kochowski in the 4th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Elpidio Arbizu prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 6 minutes into the match, Izydor Wasikowski notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Oylimpiamos Ψ's Elpidio Arbizu. Elpidio Arbizu was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. LEGIA Bielany's Marcin Bulka proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 9th minute of the match, managed to save LEGIA Bielany from getting a goal against them. Edgar Kossakowski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 25 minutes into the match, Izydor Wasikowski had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Elpidio Arbizu. Oylimpiamos Ψ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Izydor Wasikowski was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. In the 28th minute, one of LEGIA Bielany:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for LEGIA Bielany. The referee gave Oylimpiamos Ψ a penalty, 30 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Gutierre Avina, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of LEGIA Bielany's Marcin Bulka. 1-3. 40 minutes into the match, Oylimpiamos Ψ's goal looked a bit too open when Izydor Wasikowski came free, but Elpidio Arbizu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wiktor Kochowski in the 43rd minute of play forced Oylimpiamos Ψ's goalkeeper Elpidio Arbizu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 44 minutes into the game, LEGIA Bielany's Leon Piechna nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Elpidio Arbizu made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-4. In the 47th minute Leon Piechna shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Elpidio Arbizu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-4.

After 51 minutes, Inautzi Abreu mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Oylimpiamos Ψ and the LEGIA Bielany players grew even worse after the yellow card. Elpidio Arbizu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wiktor Kochowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Leon Piechna could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 55th minute of the match, but Elpidio Arbizu made a huge save. After a rather tough play, LEGIA Bielany's Izydor Wasikowski got a free kick in the 56th minute. Gutierre Avina's late challenge caught a LEGIA Bielany's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gutierre Avina helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Oylimpiamos Ψ's Gutierre Avina got a free kick in the 61st minute. In the 68th minute, Leon Piechna made a precise shot to the right of Elpidio Arbizu. Oylimpiamos Ψ's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-5. Izydor Wasikowski recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 71st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Leon Piechna succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-6 in the 76th playminute. After some fancy dribbling in the 79th minute, Miromir Karbowski managed to get in a good position for a shot. LEGIA Bielany's supporters rose to their feet, but Miromir Karbowski was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Elpidio Arbizu breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Elpidio Arbizu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wiktor Kochowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. Leon Piechna could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 85th minute of the match, but Elpidio Arbizu made a huge save. After a rather tough play, LEGIA Bielany's Jurand Spychowski got a free kick in the 88th minute. Gutierre Avina fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcin Bulka having to interfere.