U18 World League

Khachatryan Center
Spectators: 8003 (Terracing: 6004, Seating: 1840, VIP seats: 159) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Aleksander Dombrowski took the kick off in the first half of the match. Marek Kaszubik received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Duke Carney tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the Khachatryan defense, Witold Kensicki kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Duke Carney. The Khachatryan fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Duke Carney should have stopped the shot. 20 minutes into the match, Aleksander Dombrowski had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Duke Carney. Khachatryan's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Aleksander Dombrowski was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. 22 minutes into the game, Musztarda Diżą's Witold Kensicki nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Duke Carney made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. After having played for 26 minutes, Aleksander Dombrowski managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Musztarda Diżą's supporters crossed their fingers, but Aleksander Dombrowski was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Junior Hemphill in the 28th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Julian Naskrent saved Musztarda Diżą from getting behind. After some fancy dribbling in the 32nd minute, Junior Hemphill managed to get in a good position for a shot. Khachatryan's supporters rose to their feet, but Junior Hemphill was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Julian Naskrent breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 34 minutes into the match, Sebastian Zalipski notched a goal, 0-5, to the right of Khachatryan's Duke Carney. Duke Carney was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Arkadiusz Mazierz was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 41 minutes into the match. After 42 played minutes Musztarda Diżą got a freekick which was hit by Arkadiusz Mazierz. In the 43rd minute, Kerry Petty 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. After 45 played minutes Khachatryan got a freekick which was hit by Del Cleveland. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-5 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Alistair Leslie was the one to do the kick off. In the 57th minute, Witold Kensicki reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Duke Carney. The goal made the score 0-6. In the 63rd minute Alistair Leslie shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Julian Naskrent saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Musztarda Diżą defense, Alistair Leslie kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Julian Naskrent. The Musztarda Diżą fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Julian Naskrent should have stopped the shot. After some careless play in the Musztarda Diżą defense, Alistair Leslie kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Julian Naskrent. The Musztarda Diżą fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Julian Naskrent should have stopped the shot. Julian Naskrent came out of the goal in the 85th minute to try and stop a shot by Khachatryan's Alistair Leslie. But to his dismay, Alistair Leslie quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-6. Musztarda Diżą's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.