U18 World League

Paradise Lost
Spectators: 8007 (Terracing: 6007, Seating: 1841, VIP seats: 159) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Bruno Maraman kicked off to start the match. FC Saxon's Stanislaw Wachna played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rosendo Tajo in the 3rd minute of play. When Apolo Ruy fell near the penalty area in the 6th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Sportivo Ben Hur's protests and gave Apolo Ruy a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Sportivo Ben Hur getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Apolo Ruy hit a great ball. In the 7th minute, Hugon Waldoch 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. In the 12th minute, Rosendo Tajo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 13 minutes, Igor Jenkot managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC Saxon's supporters crossed their fingers, but Igor Jenkot was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 17 minutes into the match, Hugon Waldoch notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Sportivo Ben Hur's Ovidio Maureo. Ovidio Maureo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 20th minute Apolo Ruy shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stanislaw Wachna saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sportivo Ben Hur's Ovidio Maureo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lukasz Jarmulowicz in the 22nd minute of play. Igor Jenkot received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Ovidio Maureo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Stanislaw Wachna showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bruno Maraman, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. In the 32nd minute FC Saxon were awarded a corner. Leonard Marut went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Zbyszek Fikus got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Ovidio Maureo quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Desiderio Tancredo in the 35th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Stanislaw Wachna prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 42 played minutes Sportivo Ben Hur got a freekick which was hit by Freddy Txilar. A collision led to Sportivo Ben Hur getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Bruno Maraman hit a great ball. Lukasz Jarmulowicz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Hugon Waldoch was the one to do the kick off. Apolo Ruy scored 1-1 in the 51st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Stanislaw Wachna, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a rather tough play, Sportivo Ben Hur's Rosendo Tajo got a free kick in the 57th minute. Stanislaw Wachna showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bruno Maraman, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. In the 64th minute, Lukasz Jarmulowicz 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 68 minutes of play, FC Saxon's Lukasz Jarmulowicz made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ovidio Maureo was left in no man's land by his defense there! 73 minutes into the match, FC Saxon's goal looked a bit too open when Bruno Maraman came free, but Stanislaw Wachna reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Stanislaw Wachna took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bruno Maraman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Sportivo Ben Hur getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Felix Malvin hit a great ball. In the 86th minute, Apolo Ruy made a precise shot to the right of Stanislaw Wachna. FC Saxon's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-2. In the 93rd match minute, FC Saxon was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cyprian Mindykowski to maneuver through the defense.