U23 World League

Okrajszów
Spectators: 7875 (Terracing: 5907, Seating: 1811, VIP seats: 157) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Teobald Lichniak took the kick off in the first half of the match. After some careless play in the Egg Chasers FC defense, Lech Domaradzki kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Fabien Barthez. The Egg Chasers FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Fabien Barthez should have stopped the shot. 7 minutes into the game, Lech Domaradzki was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Goral Zywiec's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Egg Chasers FC the free kick. A collision led to Goral Zywiec getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Lech Domaradzki hit a great ball. Leszek Pruss showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Peter Crouch in the 9th minute of the match. 12 minutes into the game, Matthew Brookman was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Egg Chasers FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Goral Zywiec the free kick. In the 12th minute, Matthew Brookman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Goral Zywiec's Leszek Pruss played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Matthew Brookman in the 20th minute of play. A collision led to Goral Zywiec getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Teobald Lichniak hit a great ball. In the 23rd minute, Peter Crouch got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. If Joel Groom had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Leszek Pruss showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joel Groom in the 40th minute of the match. Jasper Delamore hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. After 47 played minutes Egg Chasers FC got a freekick which was hit by Ronny Whieldon. Teobald Lichniak in the 48thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Fabien Barthez, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Peter Crouch to make the kick off. In the 51st match minute, Egg Chasers FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ozzy Acton to maneuver through the defense. Peter Crouch took the ball and in the 54 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Leszek Pruss. Leszek Pruss 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. Leszek Pruss showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Peter Crouch, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. After 60 minutes of play, Goral Zywiec's Zachary Augustyn made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fabien Barthez was left in no man's land by his defense there! Fabien Barthez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zachary Augustyn in the 65th minute of play. Leszek Pruss made an important save on a dangerous shot by Matthew Brookman in the 67th minute. After 67 played minutes Goral Zywiec got a freekick which was hit by Kazimierz Munko. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Zachary Augustyn during the 75th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Zachary Augustyn hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. After 82 minutes of play, Egg Chasers FC's Joel Groom made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Leszek Pruss was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 85th match minute, Egg Chasers FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joel Groom to maneuver through the defense. In the 87th minute, Kazimierz Munko hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Matthew Brookman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Leszek Pruss tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 93rd minute, Franz Hardcastle hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.