U23 World League

Allianz Arena
Spectators: 7554 (Terracing: 5667, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) Cezary Niemojewski started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 2nd minute, Slawomir Adamowicz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ove Damm showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Walery Niedbalski in the 5th minute of the match. Ove Damm showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Slawomir Adamowicz, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. A hard shot 7 in the game by Cezary Niemojewski from a close distance when the talented Ove Damm managed to make a qualified save. Gotham City's players were relieved. Ove Damm made an important save on a dangerous shot by Karol Zapolski in the 9th minute. Cezary Niemojewski in the 10thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Ove Damm, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Ove Damm made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maciej Haszczak in the 11th minute of play. After 12 played minutes Szczakowianka got a freekick which was hit by Slawomir Adamowicz. After a rather tough play, Gotham City's Folke Ström got a free kick in the 14th minute. In the 16th minute, Cezary Niemojewski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ove Damm was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Ove Damm made an important save on a dangerous shot by Slawomir Adamowicz in the 19th minute. Ove Damm made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Maciej Haszczak in the 20th minute of play. 21 minutes into the match, Gotham City's goalkeeper Ove Damm had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Szczepan Dropinski. Thibaut Courtois made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jan Åman in the 23rd minute of play. In the 24th minute Cezary Niemojewski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ove Damm saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 26 minutes into the match, Gotham City's goalkeeper Ove Damm had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cezary Niemojewski. 28 minutes into the match, Gotham City's goalkeeper Ove Damm had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zbyszek Petka. Ove Damm showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cezary Niemojewski, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. Cezary Niemojewski's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 36thth minute, Ove Damm skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Ove Damm made a fantastic save in the 38th minute, when Cezary Niemojewski sent off a good shot on target. 39 minutes had been played when some careless play by Gotham City's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Maciej Haszczak was slow to take the kick. During this time Szczakowianka's players had a chance to rest. Ingvar Ivarsson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Thibaut Courtois tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Maciej Haszczak sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gotham City's defense didn't have a chance, in the 46th minute, when Karol Zapolski scored to the left of an out of position Ove Damm, making the score, 2-0. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Leonard Daszkowski's late challenge caught a Gotham City's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Leonard Daszkowski helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Szczakowianka getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Leonard Daszkowski hit a great ball. Ove Damm showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cezary Niemojewski, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. When Szczakowianka's Cezary Niemojewski in the 57th minute got a chance for a shot 57th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Gotham City's goalie prevented a goal. Gotham City's Ove Damm played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Karol Zapolski in the 61st minute of play. Karol Zapolski hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. Ove Damm showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zbyszek Petka, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. After having played for 70 minutes, Karol Zapolski managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Szczakowianka's supporters crossed their fingers, but Karol Zapolski was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Maciej Haszczak in the 72nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ove Damm prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After a rather tough play, Gotham City's Folke Ström got a free kick in the 80th minute. Claes Abrahamsson kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. After some careless play in the Gotham City defense, Maciej Haszczak kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ove Damm. The Gotham City fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ove Damm should have stopped the shot. Folke Ström's late challenge caught a Szczakowianka's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Folke Ström helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Gotham City getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Folke Ström hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Cezary Niemojewski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ove Damm was relentless in the 95th minute of the game. Szczakowianka's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.