U18 World League

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Spectators: 7886 (Terracing: 5915, Seating: 1814, VIP seats: 157) After a rather tough play, Galaxy Team U18's Wasyl Dubiel got a free kick in the 5th minute. Lucjan Gierlach made an important save on a dangerous shot by Daniel Lugo in the 6th minute. Leonardo Nikola's late challenge caught a Galaxy Team U18's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Leonardo Nikola helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to 1989 Blxsk getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Leonardo Nikola hit a great ball. Santo Shantala made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kazimierz Lichucki in the 11th minute of play. Kazimierz Lichucki sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 16 minutes into the match, 1989 Blxsk's goal looked a bit too open when Kazimierz Lichucki came free, but Santo Shantala reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Galaxy Team U18 getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Jan Szostak hit a great ball. 18 minutes into the match, Galaxy Team U18's goal looked a bit too open when Anacleto Cibran came free, but Lucjan Gierlach reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 21stth minute of the game Damian Malewicki who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but 1989 Blxsk's Santo Shantala was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Damian Malewicki had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Venancio Pancho in the 28th minute of play forced Galaxy Team U18's goalkeeper Lucjan Gierlach to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kazimierz Lichucki took the ball and in the 30 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Santo Shantala. Santo Shantala dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Jacek Witek kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Daniel Lugo got free with Lucjan Gierlach in the 34th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Damian Malewicki in the 35th minute of play forced 1989 Blxsk's goalkeeper Santo Shantala to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 37 minutes of play, Galaxy Team U18's Kazimierz Lichucki made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Santo Shantala was left in no man's land by his defense there! Venancio Pancho could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 42nd minute of the match, but Lucjan Gierlach made a huge save. Venancio Pancho could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 44th minute of the match, but Lucjan Gierlach made a huge save. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

1989 Blxsk's Elvio Tebaldo was substituted for Ernesto Eusko. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Venancio Pancho to make the kick off. After 55 minutes of play, 1989 Blxsk's Anacleto Cibran made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lucjan Gierlach was left in no man's land by his defense there! Santo Shantala took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kazimierz Lichucki, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Anacleto Cibran fell near the penalty area in the 70th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 1989 Blxsk's protests and gave Anacleto Cibran a yellow card for diving instead. After 70 played minutes 1989 Blxsk got a freekick which was hit by Anacleto Cibran. 72 minutes into the match, Venancio Pancho had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lucjan Gierlach. Galaxy Team U18's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Venancio Pancho was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. In the 75th minute of the match, Damian Malewicki tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Santo Shantala saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. When Kazimierz Lichucki fell near the penalty area in the 81st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Galaxy Team U18's protests and gave Kazimierz Lichucki a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Galaxy Team U18's Kazimierz Lichucki got a free kick in the 81st minute. In the 83rd match minute, Galaxy Team U18 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fryderyk Wolicki to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kazimierz Lichucki got free with Santo Shantala in the 91st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Lucjan Gierlach showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Venancio Pancho in the 98th minute of the match. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.