World League

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Spectators: 7541 (Terracing: 5657, Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 150) KP Brzeg Dolny's Antoni Piesciuk played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Viggo Lundkvist in the 4th minute of play. After taking down the ball on Eleven Nation Army's corner Viggo Lundkvist fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Antoni Piesciuk quite easily take care of the ball. Antoni Piesciuk showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Viggo Lundkvist, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Olof Högström blasted a shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Antoni Piesciuk having to make a save. A hard shot 23 in the game by Stuart Armstrong from a close distance when the talented Qian Xing Wei managed to make a qualified save. Eleven Nation Army's players were relieved. The audience was convinced that Boruc Solarek's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Qian Xing Wei was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. In the 32nd play minute Baycan Tura came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Qian Xing Wei. 1-0. Stuart Armstrong received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Qian Xing Wei tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Antoni Piesciuk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Viggo Lundkvist, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Viggo Lundkvist made the kick off in the second half. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Stuart Armstrong in the 51st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Qian Xing Wei prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Qian Xing Wei came out of the goal in the 53rd minute to try and stop a shot by KP Brzeg Dolny's Boruc Solarek. But to his dismay, Boruc Solarek quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. 60 minutes into the match, KP Brzeg Dolny's Stuart Armstrong sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Qian Xing Wei narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 68 played minutes Eleven Nation Army got a freekick which was hit by Alexander Vedholm. In the 74th match minute, Eleven Nation Army was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hubert Siöberg to maneuver through the defense. Qian Xing Wei showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Radomir Zdrojowy, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. KP Brzeg Dolny had won after a very even match.