World League

COLOSSEUM
Spectators: 7503 (Terracing: 5628, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Jean-Claude Van Damme kicked off to start the match. Kjell-Arne Hultman didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jurand Zawadzki went, in the 3rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Jean-Pierre Cardinal sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, GKS 1977 BEŁCHATÓW's Beniamin Sakowicz got control of the ball when Jean-Claude Van Damme tried to sneak it across the goal line. Kjell-Arne Hultman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jean-Pierre Cardinal, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. MAFFIAN's Kjell-Arne Hultman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jurand Zawadzki in the 18th minute of play. 19 minutes into the match, Jean-Pierre Cardinal had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Kjell-Arne Hultman. MAFFIAN's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jean-Pierre Cardinal was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. 22 minutes into the match, MAFFIAN's goal looked a bit too open when Jean-Pierre Cardinal came free, but Kjell-Arne Hultman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Beniamin Sakowicz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jean-Claude Van Damme in the 24th minute of the match. Stasio Bienienda kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. In the 30th minute the ball was on its way in behind MAFFIAN's goalkeeper Kjell-Arne Hultman, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. MAFFIAN's Kjell-Arne Hultman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jean-Pierre Cardinal in the 32nd minute of play. In the 33rd minute, Jean-Pierre Cardinal left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The GKS 1977 BEŁCHATÓW fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. MAFFIAN's Kjell-Arne Hultman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jean-Pierre Cardinal in the 39th minute of play. Jean-Pierre Cardinal sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. MAFFIAN's Kjell-Arne Hultman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jean-Pierre Cardinal in the 41st minute of play. 44 minutes into the match, GKS 1977 BEŁCHATÓW's goal looked a bit too open when Jean-Claude Van Damme came free, but Beniamin Sakowicz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With an all-out effort, MAFFIAN's Beniamin Sakowicz threw himself towards the right post 46 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Jean-Claude Van Damme, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. GKS 1977 BEŁCHATÓW's Jurand Zawadzki got a good chance for a goal in the 47th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The MAFFIAN players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. GKS 1977 BEŁCHATÓW were winning 1-3.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jean-Pierre Cardinal to make the kick off. In the 53rd minute, Jean-Pierre Cardinal reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Kjell-Arne Hultman. The goal made the score 1-4. In the 57th minute the ball was on its way in behind MAFFIAN's goalkeeper Kjell-Arne Hultman, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. MAFFIAN's Kjell-Arne Hultman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jean-Pierre Cardinal in the 58th minute of play. MAFFIAN made a substitution. Carl Berglund replaced Elliott Beckeman. In the 62nd minute of the match GKS 1977 BEŁCHATÓW got a corner. MAFFIAN's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Eugeniusz Wallach ran over to the corner to take the kick. When the match had gone on for 69 minutes, Jean-Pierre Cardinal took a quick shot and it went in 1-6 without a chance for Kjell-Arne Hultman to make any attempt to save it. Jim Nilsson kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. After 75 played minutes MAFFIAN got a freekick which was hit by Jim Nilsson. If Stasio Bienienda had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. GKS 1977 BEŁCHATÓW's Şahap Kuddus was substituted for Hugo Silva. In the 85th minute, Jean-Pierre Cardinal reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Kjell-Arne Hultman. The goal made the score 1-7. GKS 1977 BEŁCHATÓW made a substitution. Miromir Majerowicz replaced Jurand Zawadzki. Kjell-Arne Hultman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jean-Pierre Cardinal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. GKS 1977 BEŁCHATÓW's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.