World League

Copernicus Arena
Spectators: 7561 (Terracing: 5672, Seating: 1738, VIP seats: 151) In the 2nd match minute, HEDONISM U18 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Costel Calini to maneuver through the defense. Borys Poreda made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from August Ryberg in the 7th minute of play. After 10 minutes, Zhu Yan Quan made it 1-0 with a short kick to the right side. HEDONISM U18's Mikael Rudqvist tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. With his leg Mikael Rudqvist managed to avoid a goal in the 13thth minute, when Victoria Toruń's Naci Kac fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 18 minutes into the match, HEDONISM U18's goal looked a bit too open when Naci Kac came free, but Mikael Rudqvist reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match had gone on for 23 minutes, Naci Kac put it in 2-0 from a short distance just to the right of Mikael Rudqvist. After some careless play in the HEDONISM U18 defense, Zhu Yan Quan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mikael Rudqvist. The HEDONISM U18 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mikael Rudqvist should have stopped the shot. In the 31st minute, Joar Lennartsson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mikael Rudqvist showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zhu Yan Quan in the 33rd minute of the match. In the 33rd minute, Zhu Yan Quan made a precise shot to the right of Mikael Rudqvist. HEDONISM U18's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0. In the 36thth minute of the game Zhu Yan Quan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but HEDONISM U18's Mikael Rudqvist was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ture Springfält got free with Mikael Rudqvist in the 38th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 43rd minute Naci Kac shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mikael Rudqvist saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Zhu Yan Quan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Naci Kac made the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute, Naci Kac left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Victoria Toruń fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. Jakub Lukowski struck a weak shot in the 58th minute. Mikael Rudqvist didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Victoria Toruń. Mikael Rudqvist took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jakub Lukowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 63rdth minute of the game Zhu Yan Quan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but HEDONISM U18's Mikael Rudqvist was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After some careless play in the HEDONISM U18 defense, Naci Kac kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mikael Rudqvist. The HEDONISM U18 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mikael Rudqvist should have stopped the shot. When Victoria Toruń's Naci Kac in the 80th minute got a chance for a shot 80th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye HEDONISM U18's goalie prevented a goal. After a defensive mix-up in HEDONISM U18's zone, Benedykt Kluska stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mikael Rudqvist came out of the goal and Benedykt Kluska tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Victoria Toruń's Lóránd Szarka was substituted for Arkadiusz Piglowski. In the 87th minute, Giedrius Domeika hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Victoria Toruń had won after a very even match.