U23 World League

Serce Łodzi
Spectators: 7533 (Terracing: 5651, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) Dariusz Smuskiewicz made the kick off and thus started the match. ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's Marek Gdowik played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zachary Molski in the 3rd minute of play. After a rather tough play, ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's Jurand Wojtkiewicz got a free kick in the 3rd minute. Marek Gdowik took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Örjan Vestlund, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Dariusz Smuskiewicz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marek Gdowik was relentless in the 10th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dariusz Smuskiewicz in the 11th minute of play forced ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's goalkeeper Marek Gdowik to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 12th minute Dariusz Smuskiewicz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marek Gdowik saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Andrzej Dziewedik hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. Dominik Karanowski tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Marek Gdowik. An unnecessary self made goal, 0-1 in the 24th minute. If Zachary Molski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Arkadiusz Zaworski got free with Jerônimo Lucas in the 29th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 31st match minute, ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ulryk Mochowak to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dariusz Smuskiewicz in the 32nd minute of play forced ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's goalkeeper Marek Gdowik to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tanek Brzakala was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 34 minutes into the match. 34 minutes into the game, one of ATLAS Mysłowice:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Jerônimo Lucas had in the 37thth minute some difficulties stopping Arkadiusz Zaworski's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. After 41 played minutes ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź got a freekick which was hit by Jurand Wojtkiewicz. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Arkadiusz Zaworski stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a defensive mix-up in ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's zone, Andrzej Dziewedik stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marek Gdowik came out of the goal and Andrzej Dziewedik tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Örjan Vestlund hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. After 58 played minutes ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź got a freekick which was hit by Dominik Karanowski. Arkadiusz Zaworski hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. ATLAS Mysłowice's Örjan Vestlund got a good chance for a goal in the 61st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Örjan Vestlund fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marek Gdowik having to interfere. In the 66th minute, Andrzej Dziewedik fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. ATLAS Mysłowice's Szczepan Klocko was substituted for Zachary Molski. Örjan Vestlund received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Marek Gdowik tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. ATLAS Mysłowice's Andrzej Dziewedik got a good chance for a goal in the 78th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Bogdan Zagrobelny hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. Szczepan Klocko's late challenge caught a ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Szczepan Klocko helped the player get up and apologised. ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź's Jurand Derlanga was substituted for Dominik Karanowski. ATLAS Mysłowice played a much better game than ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź and deserved their victory. The ◄19A10► Widzew Łódź players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.