World League

Grabolandia
Spectators: 7522 (Terracing: 5642, Seating: 1730, VIP seats: 150) Stasio Jerzyk made the kick off and thus started the match. Grabo POGOŃ MKS Szczecin's Miroslaw Basaik played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Abdellatif Benkhirane in the 3rd minute of play. Konrad Tobaczewski scored 2-0 in the 7th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Sebastião Salgado, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Marrakech FC's Sebastião Salgado played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stasio Jerzyk in the 13th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abdellatif Benkhirane in the 17th minute of play forced Grabo POGOŃ MKS Szczecin's goalkeeper Miroslaw Basaik to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Abdellatif Benkhirane took the ball and in the 22 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Miroslaw Basaik. Miroslaw Basaik dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. Miroslaw Basaik took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nacer Khlifi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marrakech FC's Sebastião Salgado proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 29th minute of the match, managed to save Marrakech FC from getting a goal against them. Stasio Jerzyk did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 3-1 to the left of a surprised Sebastião Salgado 29 minutes into the match. 40 minutes into the match, Grabo POGOŃ MKS Szczecin's goal looked a bit too open when Nacer Khlifi came free, but Miroslaw Basaik reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 46th minute Nacer Khlifi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Miroslaw Basaik saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Miroslaw Basaik made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alessio Bolognesi in the 47th minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Abdellatif Benkhirane made the kick off in the second half. Artur Rydzewski hit a great freekick 50 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nacer Khlifi got free with Miroslaw Basaik in the 52nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience was convinced that Stasio Jerzyk's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sebastião Salgado was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. 58 minutes into the match, Grabo POGOŃ MKS Szczecin's goalkeeper Miroslaw Basaik had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nacer Khlifi. 59 minutes into the match, Marrakech FC's goal looked a bit too open when Teofil Ludwa came free, but Sebastião Salgado reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 60th minute Grabo POGOŃ MKS Szczecin were awarded a corner. Szymon Andryszyn went to the cornerflag to take it. The supporters of Grabo POGOŃ MKS Szczecin booed when Marrakech FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Johnny Västerberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alessio Bolognesi got free with Miroslaw Basaik in the 64th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Abdellatif Benkhirane received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Miroslaw Basaik came out and tried to block the shot, but Abdellatif Benkhirane slotted it home off the left post making it 3-2 in the 66th minute. You Wei Bing was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 71 minutes into the match. The supporters of Grabo POGOŃ MKS Szczecin booed when Marrakech FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. You Wei Bing didn't get a good kick on the ball. Szymon Andryszyn received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Sebastião Salgado tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 79 minutes, Nacer Khlifi managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Marrakech FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nacer Khlifi was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stanislaw Siembab in the 81st minute of play forced Marrakech FC's goalkeeper Sebastião Salgado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 82nd minute of the match Grabo POGOŃ MKS Szczecin got a corner. Marrakech FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Szymon Andryszyn ran over to the corner to take the kick. Szymon Andryszyn made a great header on Grabo POGOŃ MKS Szczecin's corner, it was just that Marrakech FC's Sebastião Salgado managed to reach the ball for a save. Abdellatif Benkhirane fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Miroslaw Basaik having to interfere. Grabo POGOŃ MKS Szczecin were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Marrakech FC for a fine match.