World League

Marakana
Spectators: 7465 (Terracing: 5600, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) Chelmza Team's Maciej Warka started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After 3 minutes of play, FCF north's Ed Bijlsma made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Michal Gniech was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 11th minute Arcan Çapan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Michal Gniech saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. FCF north's Chris Tinselboer proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 16th minute of the match, managed to save FCF north from getting a goal against them. Michal Gniech showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ed Bijlsma, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. In the 19th match minute, Chelmza Team was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Waclaw Zawadzki to maneuver through the defense. FCF north's defense didn't have a chance, in the 23rd minute, when Maciej Warka scored to the left of an out of position Chris Tinselboer, making the score, 1-1. Maciej Warka's late challenge caught a FCF north's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Maciej Warka helped the player get up and apologised. Michal Gniech showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arcan Çapan in the 27th minute of the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Arcan Çapan during the 31st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 31st minute, Arcan Çapan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 33 minutes into the match, Chelmza Team's goal looked a bit too open when Jonathan Steelman came free, but Michal Gniech reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Michal Gniech came out of the goal in the 35th minute to try and stop a shot by FCF north's Jonathan Steelman. But to his dismay, Jonathan Steelman quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. In the 38th minute, Jonatan Bilintx got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Michal Gniech took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arcan Çapan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonatan Bilintx in the 41st minute of play forced Chelmza Team's goalkeeper Michal Gniech to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When FCF north's Jonatan Bilintx, in the 41st minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for FCF north. Chelmza Team's Michal Gniech played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ed Bijlsma in the 43rd minute of play. Jonathan Steelman took the ball and in the 44 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Michal Gniech. Michal Gniech dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-3. Michal Gniech showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ed Bijlsma in the 47th minute of the match. When FCF north's Ed Bijlsma in the 47th minute got a chance for a shot 47th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Chelmza Team's goalie prevented a goal.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Arcan Çapan to make the kick off. Chelmza Team's Michal Gniech proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 51st minute of the match, managed to save Chelmza Team from getting a goal against them. Maciej Warka kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. Michal Gniech made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jonathan Steelman in the 54th minute of play. Michal Gniech made a fantastic save in the 59th minute, when Jonathan Steelman sent off a good shot on target. Michal Gniech made a fantastic save in the 62nd minute, when Jonatan Bilintx sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jonatan Bilintx got free with Michal Gniech in the 65th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Michal Gniech took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ed Bijlsma, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Chelmza Team's Michal Gniech played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ed Bijlsma in the 71st minute of play. If Jonathan Steelman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, FCF north's Ed Bijlsma got a free kick in the 77th minute. In the 85th minute, Jonatan Bilintx ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Michal Gniech was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-4. Michal Gniech made an important save on a dangerous shot by Arcan Çapan in the 90th minute. FCF north's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Arne Wijk in the 91st minute. A nice corner shot did that Arne Wijk got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Michal Gniech quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maciej Warka in the 92nd minute of play forced FCF north's goalkeeper Chris Tinselboer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 95 minutes, Jonathan Steelman took a quick shot and it went in 1-5 without a chance for Michal Gniech to make any attempt to save it.