U23 World League

Miejskie Piekiełko
Spectators: 7793 (Terracing: 5846, Seating: 1792, VIP seats: 155) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Bob Westelinx got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd minute, Bob Westelinx hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bartosz Olszewski got free with Jorge Caetano in the 5th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bartosz Olszewski got free with Jorge Caetano in the 7th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mikolaj Ratulowski in the 9th minute of play forced FC Kadzidlowen's goalkeeper Zachary Ratulowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 10 minutes, Stanny Smekens mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Zero Gravity and the FC Kadzidlowen players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a defensive mix-up in Zero Gravity's zone, Marek Ledochowski stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jorge Caetano came out of the goal and Marek Ledochowski tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Bartosz Olszewski in the 14thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Jorge Caetano, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. FC Kadzidlowen's Zachary Ratulowski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bob Westelinx in the 15th minute of play. Jorge Caetano made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bartosz Olszewski in the 20th minute. After 26 minutes of play, Zero Gravity's Bob Westelinx made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zachary Ratulowski was left in no man's land by his defense there! Zachary Ratulowski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wawrzyniec Iwanowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. In the 30th minute of the game Pankracy Dziewedik made a throw-in which Jaroslaw Perkowski played forward. FC Kadzidlowen's Bartosz Olszewski got a good chance for a goal in the 32nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jaroslaw Perkowski in the 46thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Jorge Caetano, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jaroslaw Perkowski to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wawrzyniec Iwanowski in the 54th minute of play forced FC Kadzidlowen's goalkeeper Zachary Ratulowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zachary Ratulowski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wawrzyniec Iwanowski in the 56th minute of the match. Zachary Ratulowski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Januário Quinaz in the 63rd minute. Bob Westelinx could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 67th minute of the match, but Zachary Ratulowski made a huge save. Bartosz Olszewski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Jorge Caetano tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. FC Kadzidlowen made a substitution. Tobiasz Wawak replaced Fryderyk Karwowski. 73 minutes into the match, FC Kadzidlowen's goal looked a bit too open when Bob Westelinx came free, but Zachary Ratulowski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Teobald Giertych kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. A collision led to FC Kadzidlowen getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Tanek Swoboda hit a great ball. Gill Kockaerts hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. FC Kadzidlowen's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Marek Ledochowski in the 88th minute. A well-hit corner resulted in Tytus Wielowiejski heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. In the 94th match minute, Zero Gravity was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gill Kockaerts to maneuver through the defense. 95 minutes into the game, Tanek Swoboda was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. FC Kadzidlowen's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Zero Gravity the free kick. Tanek Swoboda hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. Zero Gravity played a much better game than FC Kadzidlowen and deserved their victory. The FC Kadzidlowen players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.