World League

BELAJ-ARENA
Spectators: 7373 (Terracing: 5643, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Fabian Gurgul kicked off to start the match. Roch Konieczny blasted a shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Nils-Erik Hermansson having to make a save. BELAJ BOYS's Nils-Erik Hermansson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roch Konieczny in the 5th minute of play. Roch Konieczny's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Nils-Erik Hermansson read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 7th minute of play. 9 minutes into the match, Roch Konieczny had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nils-Erik Hermansson. BELAJ BOYS's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Roch Konieczny was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. 16 minutes into the match, BELAJ BOYS's goal looked a bit too open when Roch Konieczny came free, but Nils-Erik Hermansson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nils-Erik Hermansson stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Roch Konieczny's shot from short distance in the 20th minute. In the 21st minute, Roch Konieczny ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nils-Erik Hermansson was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Hugon Piechna took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Honu Ng, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nils-Erik Hermansson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roch Konieczny, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. BELAJ BOYS's Nils-Erik Hermansson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roch Konieczny in the 31st minute of play. After a rather tough play, BELAJ BOYS's Sixten Arhenius got a free kick in the 37th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roch Konieczny in the 38th minute of play forced BELAJ BOYS's goalkeeper Nils-Erik Hermansson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 39th minute NieETIkalni Lebork were awarded a corner. Artur Kapinos went to the cornerflag to take it. NieETIkalni Lebork's Matias Pais was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Nils-Erik Hermansson in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. When Sixten Arhenius fell near the penalty area in the 42nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored BELAJ BOYS's protests and gave Sixten Arhenius a yellow card for diving instead. Roch Konieczny blasted a shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Nils-Erik Hermansson having to make a save. In the 46th minute, Valter Rosen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 46th minute of the match Artur Kapinos sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Nils-Erik Hermansson skillfully saved the ball. In the 48th minute of the match NieETIkalni Lebork got a corner. BELAJ BOYS's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Artur Kapinos ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Matias Pais got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Nils-Erik Hermansson quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Nils-Erik Hermansson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hieronim Watarz in the 54th minute of the match. When Hieronim Watarz came up free with the goalie in the 55th minute, the NieETIkalni Lebork fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Hieronim Watarz couldn't finish the play. 58 minutes into the match, BELAJ BOYS's goalkeeper Nils-Erik Hermansson had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Artur Kapinos. After a defensive mix-up in BELAJ BOYS's zone, Hieronim Watarz stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nils-Erik Hermansson came out of the goal and Hieronim Watarz tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Hieronim Watarz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hieronim Watarz in the 82nd minute of play forced BELAJ BOYS's goalkeeper Nils-Erik Hermansson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hieronim Watarz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hieronim Watarz in the 83rd minute of play forced BELAJ BOYS's goalkeeper Nils-Erik Hermansson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nils-Erik Hermansson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hieronim Watarz in the 85th minute of play. 85 minutes into the match, Hieronim Watarz dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Nils-Erik Hermansson, 0-3. The audience was convinced that Hieronim Watarz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nils-Erik Hermansson was relentless in the 88th minute of the game. 97 minutes into the match, Hieronim Watarz notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of BELAJ BOYS's Nils-Erik Hermansson. Nils-Erik Hermansson was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it.