U23 World League

Arena Legionów
Spectators: 7461 (Terracing: 5622, Seating: 1690, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Kacper Malik started the match with the kick off. After a rather tough play, Galena Kielce's Wiktor Domanski got a free kick in the 5th minute. In the 6thth minute of the game George Valler who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Galena Kielce's Zenon Cipinski was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, Blue Boys Predators's Arvin Lindström got a free kick in the 12th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling George Valler in the 22nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Zenon Cipinski prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Galena Kielce's Zenon Cipinski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by George Valler in the 26th minute of play. George Valler took the ball and in the 26 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Zenon Cipinski. Zenon Cipinski dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. The Blue Boys Predators fans' excitement grew in the 29th match minute when Blue Boys Predators's George Valler looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-3 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Zenon Cipinski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from George Valler, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Zenon Cipinski stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of George Valler's shot from short distance in the 32nd minute. After a defensive mix-up in Galena Kielce's zone, Arvin Lindström stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Zenon Cipinski came out of the goal and Arvin Lindström tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A collision led to Galena Kielce getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Lucjan Raszkiewicz hit a great ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-4.

The wind increased when George Valler made the kick off in the second half. Roman Arbaszewski made in the 55th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Kacper Malik however managed to control. Zenon Cipinski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from George Valler in the 59th minute of play. Blue Boys Predators's Greger Myr played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gustaw Kordalewski in the 60th minute of play. After taking down the ball on Galena Kielce's corner Wiktor Domanski fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Greger Myr quite easily take care of the ball. The audience cheered when Wiktor Domanski's long shot passed Greger Myr's right side. It was 1-4, 61 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by George Valler in the 65th minute of play forced Galena Kielce's goalkeeper Zenon Cipinski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. George Valler had several of the Galena Kielce's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 67 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-5 score and a disappointed Zenon Cipinski as he didn't even see the shot coming. Arvin Lindström did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-6 to the left of a surprised Zenon Cipinski 73 minutes into the match. Filip Wielowiejski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Greger Myr tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Greger Myr made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Filip Wielowiejski in the 82nd minute of play. Aaron Sandström hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. Greger Myr showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wiktor Domanski, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kacper Malik in the 88th minute of play forced Blue Boys Predators's goalkeeper Greger Myr to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 89 played minutes Galena Kielce got a freekick which was hit by Filip Wielowiejski. If George Valler had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Filip Wielowiejski made in the 94th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Blue Boys Predators's Harald Wallengren. Zenon Cipinski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from George Valler in the 95th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as George Valler kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Zenon Cipinski. That made the score 1-7 in the 96 minute of play. When the final whistle sounded Blue Boys Predators left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Galena Kielce.