U21 World League

The Hundreds Arena
Spectators: 7533 (Terracing: 5651, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Szczepan Wiatrak made the kick off which started today's match. After a defensive mix-up in WKS Śląsk Wrocław's zone, Vaios Sakoulidis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Konrad Marut came out of the goal and Vaios Sakoulidis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Giorgos Tsartas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 10th minute of the match, but Konrad Marut made a huge save. A collision led to WKS Śląsk Wrocław getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Szczepan Wiatrak hit a great ball. After some careless play in the WKS Śląsk Wrocław defense, Arjan Robben kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Konrad Marut. The WKS Śląsk Wrocław fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Konrad Marut should have stopped the shot. WKS Śląsk Wrocław's Konrad Marut proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save WKS Śląsk Wrocław from getting a goal against them. When the match had gone on for 19 minutes, Dominik Tscherner put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Themistoklis Charalambakis. The audience thought a goal was coming when Arjan Robben got free with Konrad Marut in the 30th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Nikos Moustos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Konrad Marut took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nikos Moustos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Arjan Robben had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Themistoklis Charalambakis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Dominik Tscherner went, in the 41st minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. 47 minutes into the game, Arjan Robben cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-2. Konrad Marut was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Arjan Robben to make the kick off. After some careless play in the WKS Śląsk Wrocław defense, Arjan Robben kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Konrad Marut. The WKS Śląsk Wrocław fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Konrad Marut should have stopped the shot. In the 57thth minute of the game Szczepan Wiatrak who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Go Ahead Eagles's Themistoklis Charalambakis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Giannis Papakostopoulos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Konrad Marut having to interfere. Themistoklis Charalambakis stood somewhat misplaced when Szczepan Wiatrak came free in front of goal and shot 4-3 to the left of him in the 66 minute. Giannis Papakostopoulos's late challenge caught a WKS Śląsk Wrocław's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Giannis Papakostopoulos helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of WKS Śląsk Wrocław booed when Go Ahead Eagles was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Giannis Papakostopoulos didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of Go Ahead Eagles booed when WKS Śląsk Wrocław was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dominik Tscherner didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nikos Moustos in the 83rd minute of play forced WKS Śląsk Wrocław's goalkeeper Konrad Marut to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 85 minutes, Alekos Kotoulas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Go Ahead Eagles and the WKS Śląsk Wrocław players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 85th match minute, Go Ahead Eagles was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alekos Kotoulas to maneuver through the defense. Arjan Robben fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Konrad Marut having to interfere. Konrad Marut showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arjan Robben in the 92nd minute of the match. 95 minutes into the match, Arjan Robben had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Konrad Marut. WKS Śląsk Wrocław's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Arjan Robben was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-3. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Go Ahead Eagles fully deserved thier win.