U23 World League

KOZIOŁKI ARENA
Spectators: 7706 (Terracing: 5781, Seating: 1772, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Napoleon Beninda took the kick off in the first half of the match. Zula Bator stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Eugeniusz Setara's shot from short distance in the 4th minute. Zula Bator showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eugeniusz Setara in the 9th minute of the match. In the 11th minute, Ulryk Dombrowski 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. Dawid Wyrostek showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ulryk Dombrowski in the 14th minute of the match. Juliszew SSA's Dawid Wyrostek played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Napoleon Beninda in the 22nd minute of play. 25 minutes into the match, Ulryk Dombrowski had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dawid Wyrostek. Juliszew SSA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ulryk Dombrowski was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Napoleon Beninda in the 28th minute of play forced Juliszew SSA's goalkeeper Dawid Wyrostek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Artur Wierzbicki sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 36 minutes of play, KOZIOŁKI KKS POZNAŃ's Ulryk Dombrowski made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dawid Wyrostek was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, Juliszew SSA's Leonard Karwowski got a free kick in the 38th minute. Napoleon Beninda might have been able to make a better finish in the 43rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Dawid Wyrostek. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Napoleon Beninda ran back to his position shaking his head. Juliszew SSA's Dawid Wyrostek played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Artur Wierzbicki in the 48th minute of play. 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 2-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Eugeniusz Setara to make the kick off. Dawid Wyrostek showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Napoleon Beninda, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. If Artur Wierzbicki had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Dawid Wyrostek showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hieronim Domamir in the 59th minute of the match. A nice corner shot did that Napoleon Beninda got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Dawid Wyrostek quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Artur Wierzbicki in the 61st minute of play forced Juliszew SSA's goalkeeper Dawid Wyrostek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Juliszew SSA's Kryspin Banach was substituted for Eugeniusz Setara. After 69 minutes, Napoleon Beninda mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the KOZIOŁKI KKS POZNAŃ and the Juliszew SSA players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to KOZIOŁKI KKS POZNAŃ getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Napoleon Beninda hit a great ball. In the 71st minute, Krzysztof Milan 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. In the 77th minute Mariusz Pudzianowski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zula Bator saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 77thth minute of the game Mariusz Pudzianowski who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but KOZIOŁKI KKS POZNAŃ's Zula Bator was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Witalis Ziomkowski's late challenge caught a Juliszew SSA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Witalis Ziomkowski helped the player get up and apologised. Witalis Ziomkowski hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. In the 80th minute Mariusz Pudzianowski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zula Bator saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kryspin Banach kicked well hit freekick during the 81st minute of the match. Dawid Wyrostek made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Artur Wierzbicki in the 82nd minute of play. KOZIOŁKI KKS POZNAŃ were awarded a corner in the 83th minute after Juliszew SSA's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Napoleon Beninda took the corner. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. KOZIOŁKI KKS POZNAŃ had played much better football throughout.