U23 World League

The Last Kingdom
Spectators: 7631 (Terracing: 5724, Seating: 1755, VIP seats: 152) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Edgar Olchowy started the match with the kick off. Tadeusz Pozorski hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. Cristo Cordara came out of the goal in the 5th minute to try and stop a shot by Russówek's Piotr Adamus. But to his dismay, Piotr Adamus quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. In the 8th minute, Hudson Pires reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Lech Nakoneczny. The goal made the score 1-1. Lech Nakoneczny took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carlos Lima, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Lech Nakoneczny showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hudson Pires in the 12th minute of the match. 17 minutes into the match, Russówek's goalkeeper Lech Nakoneczny had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Hudson Pires. The audience was convinced that Carlos Lima's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lech Nakoneczny was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. In the 21st minute Marcel Corrêa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lech Nakoneczny saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 28 played minutes Royal Knights FC got a freekick which was hit by Kane Richard. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tadeusz Pozorski in the 32nd minute of play forced Royal Knights FC's goalkeeper Cristo Cordara to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 36th minute, Jakub Gacki hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Carlos Lima got in the 37th minute a good position and tried a long shot which to a great surprise passed a very astonished Lech Nakoneczny. This was a shot which ended in a score of 2-2. Russówek's Lech Nakoneczny proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 40th minute of the match, managed to save Russówek from getting a goal against them. After some fancy dribbling in the 43rd minute, Leszek Psotka managed to get in a good position for a shot. Russówek's supporters rose to their feet, but Leszek Psotka was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Cristo Cordara breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Tadeusz Pozorski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cristo Cordara having to interfere. The first half was very even, with the score at 2-2 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Carlos Lima to strike the kick off in the second half. Lech Nakoneczny took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hudson Pires, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 56th match minute, Russówek was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wawrzyniec Witek to maneuver through the defense. Carlos Lima hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Royal Knights FC's Cristo Cordara proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 66th minute of the match, managed to save Royal Knights FC from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, Russówek's Piotr Adamus got a free kick in the 70th minute. After 72 minutes, Radoslaw Penczkowski mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Russówek and the Royal Knights FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Radoslaw Penczkowski hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. Lech Nakoneczny made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carlos Lima in the 73rd minute of play. In the 75th minute, Wawrzyniec Witek fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Cristo Cordara, passed just outside the right post. After 76 played minutes Royal Knights FC got a freekick which was hit by Kane Richard. A hard shot by Piotr Adamus from long distance, 77 minutes into the match, got Cristo Cordara's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. A collision led to Russówek getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Edgar Olchowy hit a great ball. In the 86th minute of the match Cristian Salandri shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Lech Nakoneczny showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 90th match minute, Royal Knights FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kane Richard to maneuver through the defense. Leszek Psotka received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Cristo Cordara came out and tried to block the shot, but Leszek Psotka slotted it home off the left post making it 2-3 in the 93rd minute.