U23 World League

RW AHLEN-KNUROW
Spectators: 7444 (Terracing: 5584, Seating: 1712, VIP seats: 148) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Lucjan Dropinski got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sokratis Symeonakis in the 4th minute of play forced RW AHLEN-KNURÓW's goalkeeper Radoslaw Arendarski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kryspin Miodek charged in rather forcefully in the 7th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Kryspin Miodek the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 7th minute, Kryspin Miodek hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Stamatis Leontiou's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Radoslaw Arendarski was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. Radoslaw Arendarski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Daniel Prodan in the 9th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sokratis Symeonakis in the 12th minute of play forced RW AHLEN-KNURÓW's goalkeeper Radoslaw Arendarski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match clock showed 15 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Stamatis Leontiou sped through RW AHLEN-KNURÓW's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Radoslaw Arendarski. A collision led to RO Army V55 getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Stamatis Leontiou hit a great ball. Radoslaw Arendarski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Daniel Prodan, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. RW AHLEN-KNURÓW's Radoslaw Arendarski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sokratis Symeonakis in the 26th minute of play. In the 29th minute, Szymon Beninda hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Stamatis Leontiou in the 31st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Radoslaw Arendarski saved RW AHLEN-KNURÓW from getting behind. 42 minutes into the match, RW AHLEN-KNURÓW's goal looked a bit too open when Louis Makris came free, but Radoslaw Arendarski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 44 minutes into the match, RW AHLEN-KNURÓW's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Prodan came free, but Radoslaw Arendarski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 45th minute Fanis Kapernekas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Radoslaw Arendarski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Stamatis Leontiou to make the kick off. Stamatis Leontiou received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Radoslaw Arendarski came out and tried to block the shot, but Stamatis Leontiou slotted it home off the left post making it 0-2 in the 52nd minute. 59 minutes into the match, RW AHLEN-KNURÓW's goalkeeper Radoslaw Arendarski had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Stamatis Leontiou. 60 minutes into the match, Louis Makris notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of RW AHLEN-KNURÓW's Radoslaw Arendarski. Radoslaw Arendarski was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Stamatis Leontiou took the ball and in the 63 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Radoslaw Arendarski. Radoslaw Arendarski dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. Radoslaw Arendarski was out of position in the 67 minute of play, and Stamatis Leontiou capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Stamatis Leontiou really showed his touch with that goal: 0-5. In the 73rd minute, RO Army V55's Stamatis Leontiou ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Radoslaw Arendarski. Radoslaw Arendarski yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-6. Leon Jarocewicz was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 75 minutes into the match. In the 77th minute, Soulis Souanis 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stamatis Leontiou in the 79th minute of play forced RW AHLEN-KNURÓW's goalkeeper Radoslaw Arendarski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 81 minutes into the match, RW AHLEN-KNURÓW's goal looked a bit too open when Stamatis Leontiou came free, but Radoslaw Arendarski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 82 minutes into the match, RW AHLEN-KNURÓW's goalkeeper Radoslaw Arendarski had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sokratis Symeonakis. Daniel Prodan scored 0-7 in the 83rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Radoslaw Arendarski, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Stamatis Leontiou in the 87thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Radoslaw Arendarski, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. RW AHLEN-KNURÓW's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Louis Makris 89 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 0-8. RW AHLEN-KNURÓW's Radoslaw Arendarski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 93rd minute of the match, managed to save RW AHLEN-KNURÓW from getting a goal against them. Szymon Beninda's late challenge caught a RO Army V55's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Szymon Beninda helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to RW AHLEN-KNURÓW getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Szymon Beninda hit a great ball. When the final whistle sounded RO Army V55 left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than RW AHLEN-KNURÓW.