U21 World League

Xita Stadium
Spectators: 8150 (Terracing: 6114, Seating: 1874, VIP seats: 162) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Benito Laurin kicked off to start the match. ֆքօʀȶɨռɢ ʊǟɨ ʍʐƈ™'s attentive José Paulo Pombal managed to snatch the ball when Ole Loco made a throw-in in the 3rd minute of the game. In the 5th minute, Jurand Fiszer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 12 minutes in the game Marek Merski did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Marcin Juszkowski. A collision led to ֆքօʀȶɨռɢ ʊǟɨ ʍʐƈ™ getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Valeh Cerda hit a great ball. Robert Gniewek came out of the goal in the 16th minute to try and stop a shot by ֆքօʀȶɨռɢ ʊǟɨ ʍʐƈ™'s Benito Laurin. But to his dismay, Benito Laurin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. 20 minutes into the match, ֆքօʀȶɨռɢ ʊǟɨ ʍʐƈ™'s goal looked a bit too open when Jurand Fiszer came free, but Sune Rudberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Benito Laurin could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 22nd minute of the match, but Robert Gniewek made a huge save. In the 23rd minute Jurand Fiszer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sune Rudberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Robert Gniewek made an important save on a dangerous shot by Benito Laurin in the 30th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Benito Laurin kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Robert Gniewek. That made the score 2-0 in the 30 minute of play. Sune Rudberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marcin Juszkowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. ֆքօʀȶɨռɢ ʊǟɨ ʍʐƈ™'s Sune Rudberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcin Juszkowski in the 38th minute of play. 44 minutes into the game, Benito Laurin cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Robert Gniewek was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Marcin Juszkowski stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. ②Θ►LΘCΘ◄Θ⑨'s Robert Gniewek played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rüknettin Aysan in the 58th minute of play. In the 60th minute Benito Laurin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Robert Gniewek saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to ②Θ►LΘCΘ◄Θ⑨ getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Ole Loco hit a great ball. ②Θ►LΘCΘ◄Θ⑨ made a substitution. Zawisza Czarny replaced John Rambo. In the 63rd minute, Ole Loco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Benito Laurin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. ②Θ►LΘCΘ◄Θ⑨'s Loco Smart was substituted for Marek Merski. Robert Gniewek took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Benito Laurin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With his leg Sune Rudberg managed to avoid a goal in the 88thth minute, when ②Θ►LΘCΘ◄Θ⑨'s Jurand Fiszer fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. If Benito Laurin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benito Laurin in the 94th minute of play forced ②Θ►LΘCΘ◄Θ⑨'s goalkeeper Robert Gniewek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ֆքօʀȶɨռɢ ʊǟɨ ʍʐƈ™'s fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.