World League

RW AHLEN-KNUROW
Spectators: 7463 (Terracing: 5598, Seating: 1716, 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. The audience was convinced that Gwidon Michalski's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Olgierd Borcz was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. Cristobal Quiroga hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. If Artur Pyrtek had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Nemesio Cordaryal came up free with the goalie in the 13th minute, the Yupandú FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Nemesio Cordaryal couldn't finish the play. A collision led to RW AHLEN-KNURÓW getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Szymon Beninda hit a great ball. 20 minutes into the match, Yupandú FC's goalkeeper Astor Efren had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Przemyslaw Pincoski. In the 22nd match minute, Yupandú FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eloy Betadur to maneuver through the defense. Grzegorz Kicia blasted a shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Astor Efren having to make a save. When Grzegorz Kicia fell near the penalty area in the 27th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored RW AHLEN-KNURÓW's protests and gave Grzegorz Kicia a yellow card for diving instead. In the 27th match minute, RW AHLEN-KNURÓW was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Grzegorz Kicia to maneuver through the defense. RW AHLEN-KNURÓW's attentive Przemyslaw Pincoski managed to snatch the ball when Isaac Illan made a throw-in in the 30th minute of the game. Olgierd Borcz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gwidon Michalski in the 31st minute of the match. If Gwidon Michalski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 38thth minute of the game Gwidon Michalski 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 41 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Gwidon Michalski sped through RW AHLEN-KNURÓW's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Olgierd Borcz. Artur Pyrtek's late challenge caught a Yupandú FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Artur Pyrtek helped the player get up and apologised. In the 48th minute, Gwidon Michalski left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Yupandú FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Gwidon Michalski was the one to do the kick off. Szymon Beninda took the ball and in the 56 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Astor Efren. Astor Efren dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. When Przemyslaw Pincoski fell near the penalty area in the 61st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored RW AHLEN-KNURÓW's protests and gave Przemyslaw Pincoski a yellow card for diving instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gwidon Michalski in the 63rd minute of play forced RW AHLEN-KNURÓW's goalkeeper Olgierd Borcz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Szymon Beninda fell near the penalty area in the 63rd 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 kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. Astor Efren made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Przemyslaw Pincoski in the 66th minute of play. After 70 played minutes RW AHLEN-KNURÓW got a freekick which was hit by Przemyslaw Pincoski. After a rather tough play, Yupandú FC's Delmiro Frutos got a free kick in the 73rd minute. Szymon Beninda was shown his second yellow card after 77 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. A collision led to RW AHLEN-KNURÓW getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Szymon Beninda hit a great ball. If Delmiro Frutos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Olgierd Borcz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Shane Milligan's shot from short distance in the 81st minute. RW AHLEN-KNURÓW's attentive Lukasz Chowaniec managed to snatch the ball when Isaac Illan made a throw-in in the 84th minute of the game. RW AHLEN-KNURÓW's attentive Lukasz Chowaniec managed to snatch the ball when Isaac Illan made a throw-in in the 87th minute of the game. 92 minutes into the match, Shane Milligan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Olgierd Borcz. RW AHLEN-KNURÓW's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Shane Milligan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Nicanor Aragones during the 95th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Yupandú FC eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.