U21 World League

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Spectators: 7446 (Terracing: 5586, Seating: 1712, VIP seats: 148) The White Star WK's Waclaw Mocko 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. A collision led to PicksBattle.com getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Iordanis Papaioannou hit a great ball. Eustratios Kapetanoglou received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Teofil Bronicki tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Waclaw Mocko in the 28th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Stefanos Topoudis prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Aureliusz Jaks took the ball and in the 29 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Stefanos Topoudis. Stefanos Topoudis dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. 32 minutes into the match, PicksBattle.com's goal looked a bit too open when Beniamin Bochinski came free, but Stefanos Topoudis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 35 minutes, Beniamin Bochinski managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. The White Star WK's supporters crossed their fingers, but Beniamin Bochinski was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpected shot in the 37th minute by Iordanis Papaioannou got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Stefanos Topoudis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Waclaw Mocko went, in the 42nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Franciszek Ochylski kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match.

After a defensive mix-up in PicksBattle.com's zone, Waclaw Mocko stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Stefanos Topoudis came out of the goal and Waclaw Mocko tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The White Star WK's Beniamin Bochinski got a good chance for a goal in the 53rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 56th minute of the match, Waclaw Mocko tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Stefanos Topoudis saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After 60 minutes of play, The White Star WK's Waclaw Mocko made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Stefanos Topoudis was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 64 played minutes The White Star WK got a freekick which was hit by Gustaw Derlanga. Stefanos Topoudis came out of the goal in the 68th minute to try and stop a shot by The White Star WK's Waclaw Mocko. But to his dismay, Waclaw Mocko quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-4. When Wit Podolski came up free with the goalie in the 73rd minute, the The White Star WK fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Wit Podolski couldn't finish the play. Stefanos Topoudis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Waclaw Mocko in the 76th minute of the match. In the 78th minute Waclaw Mocko shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stefanos Topoudis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of The White Star WK booed when PicksBattle.com was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Thrasivoulos Katsiaros didn't get a good kick on the ball. Stefanos Topoudis was a little too slow when Waclaw Mocko got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 81st minute. The score was now 1-5. After a rather tough play, The White Star WK's Waclaw Mocko got a free kick in the 86th minute. Stefanos Topoudis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Waclaw Mocko in the 90th minute of the match. After 94 minutes, Nasos Stratikis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the PicksBattle.com and the The White Star WK players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 94th minute, one of PicksBattle.com: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 PicksBattle.com. The White Star WK's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.