World League

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Spectators: 7459 (Terracing: 5595, Seating: 1715, VIP seats: 149) RW AHLEN-KNURÓW's Szymon Beninda 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 5 minutes, Norbert Wolczewski mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the RW AHLEN-KNURÓW and the UFC STEAUA players grew even worse after the yellow card. Norbert Wolczewski hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. In the 8thth minute of the game Cezar Alexandru who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but RW AHLEN-KNURÓW's Olgierd Borcz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Cezar Alexandru in the 13thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Olgierd Borcz, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Przemyslaw Pincoski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The RW AHLEN-KNURÓW fans' excitement grew in the 23rd match minute when RW AHLEN-KNURÓW's Szymon Beninda looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. A collision led to UFC STEAUA getting a freekick after 25 minutes play. Nelson Mendoza hit a great ball. João Massa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Przemyslaw Pincoski, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. If Cezar Alexandru had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Olgierd Borcz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cezar Alexandru in the 31st minute of play. When Szymon Beninda fell near the penalty area in the 33rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored RW AHLEN-KNURÓW's protests and gave Szymon Beninda a yellow card for diving instead. Szymon Beninda hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. In the 44thth minute of the game Cezar Alexandru who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but RW AHLEN-KNURÓW's Olgierd Borcz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match clock showed 46 minutes, the score became 3-1 when Cezar Alexandru sped through RW AHLEN-KNURÓW's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Olgierd Borcz. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-1 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Cezar Alexandru was the one to do the kick off. Olgierd Borcz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cezar Alexandru went, in the 53rd minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hermengildo Jobo in the 62nd minute of play forced RW AHLEN-KNURÓW's goalkeeper Olgierd Borcz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The UFC STEAUA fans' excitement grew in the 62nd match minute when UFC STEAUA's Cezar Alexandru looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 5-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Przemyslaw Pincoski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without João Massa having to interfere. João Massa made a fantastic save in the 67th minute, when Przemyslaw Pincoski sent off a good shot on target. In the 72nd minute, Cezar Alexandru made a precise shot to the right of Olgierd Borcz. RW AHLEN-KNURÓW's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 6-1. In the 79thth minute of the game Cezar Alexandru who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but RW AHLEN-KNURÓW's Olgierd Borcz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Olgierd Borcz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hermengildo Jobo, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. João Massa didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when RW AHLEN-KNURÓW's Szymon Beninda shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 6-2 in the ordered_time% minute. Olgierd Borcz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Therkild Prendorf in the 88th minute of the match. UFC STEAUA's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.