U21 World League

Peggy Arena
Spectators: 7547 (Terracing: 5662, Seating: 1735, VIP seats: 150) Bearnaise EA's Grzegorz Rasiak started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. The long shot by Vladimír Silovský in the 3rd minute really tested Kennet Lagerberg's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. A collision led to Czechia Hradec Králové getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Tomáš Urbančík hit a great ball. In the 8th minute, Patrik Svárovský hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 10thth minute of the game Carl Holmgren who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Czechia Hradec Králové's Bonito Marschall was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 12th minute, Grzegorz Rasiak made a precise shot to the right of Bonito Marschall. Czechia Hradec Králové's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. After having played for 17 minutes, Jurij Trefný managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Czechia Hradec Králové's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jurij Trefný was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 20th match minute, Czechia Hradec Králové was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Patrik Svárovský to maneuver through the defense. In the 22nd minute Carl Holmgren shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bonito Marschall saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Patrik Svárovský scored 1-1 in the 24th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Kennet Lagerberg, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bogumil Bielatowicz in the 27th minute of play forced Czechia Hradec Králové's goalkeeper Bonito Marschall to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bonito Marschall made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carl Holmgren in the 29th minute of play. In the 29th minute, Carl Holmgren ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Bonito Marschall was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Bonito Marschall showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carl Holmgren, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. Bonito Marschall made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bo-Erik Melin in the 38th minute of play. Tomáš Urbančík fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kennet Lagerberg having to interfere.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jurij Trefný to make the kick off. The supporters of Bearnaise EA booed when Czechia Hradec Králové was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 51 match minutes in a wonderful position. Patrik Svárovský didn't get a good kick on the ball. Henrik Hjortsberg fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bonito Marschall having to interfere. 58 minutes into the match, Czechia Hradec Králové's goal looked a bit too open when Carl Holmgren came free, but Bonito Marschall reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bonito Marschall showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Grzegorz Rasiak in the 60th minute of the match. Bonito Marschall was out of position in the 63 minute of play, and Grzegorz Rasiak capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Grzegorz Rasiak really showed his touch with that goal: 1-4. Grzegorz Rasiak fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bonito Marschall having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Nikolas Pohl during the 68th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 68th match minute, Czechia Hradec Králové was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nikolas Pohl to maneuver through the defense. Czechia Hradec Králové's Bonito Marschall played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Grzegorz Rasiak in the 70th minute of play. When Bearnaise EA's Grzegorz Rasiak, in the 70th minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for Bearnaise EA. Grzegorz Rasiak who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 73rdth minute tested the skills of Bonito Marschall when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Bo-Erik Melin's late challenge caught a Czechia Hradec Králové's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bo-Erik Melin helped the player get up and apologised. Czechia Hradec Králové's Bonito Marschall played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Grzegorz Rasiak in the 79th minute of play. Bonito Marschall showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Grzegorz Rasiak in the 81st minute of the match. Bonito Marschall made an important save on a dangerous shot by Reine Lindkvist in the 83rd minute. Through an outstanding action, after 84 minutes, Bonito Marschall successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Grzegorz Rasiak was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 91st minute. Bearnaise EA's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Grzegorz Rasiak could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 93rd minute of the match, but Bonito Marschall made a huge save. When the match was over Bearnaise EA could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Czechia Hradec Králové throughout the match.