U18 World League

Floriana Krygiera
Spectators: 7875 (Terracing: 5907, Seating: 1811, VIP seats: 157) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Olgierd Moryl took the kick off in the first half of the match. Aleksander Szpakowski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Isaac Nayely, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Janusz Prokowski in the 9th minute of play forced Estación Q.'s goalkeeper Nemesio Cidro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 11 minutes into the match, Estación Q.'s goal looked a bit too open when Olgierd Moryl came free, but Nemesio Cidro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Aleksander Szpakowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Isaac Nayely in the 16th minute of play. In the 32nd minute, Leon Wnukowski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 42nd minute Lucas Manny shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aleksander Szpakowski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Lucas Manny came up free with the goalie in the 43rd minute, the Estación Q. 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 Lucas Manny couldn't finish the play. Maksymilian Puzio charged in rather forcefully in the 45th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Maksymilian Puzio the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 45th match minute, Pogoń Szczecin was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Maksymilian Puzio to maneuver through the defense. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Isaac Nayely to make the kick off. Aleksander Szpakowski was a little too slow when Arsenio Gaspard got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 59th minute. The score was now 2-1. Aleksander Szpakowski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arsenio Gaspard, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. In the 70th minute, Olgierd Moryl left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Pogoń Szczecin fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. Nemesio Cidro came out of the goal in the 73rd minute to try and stop a shot by Pogoń Szczecin's Olgierd Moryl. But to his dismay, Olgierd Moryl quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-1. Isaac Nayely in the 78thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Aleksander Szpakowski, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 82nd minute of the match Janusz Prokowski shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Nemesio Cidro showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Pogoń Szczecin's Tanek Barciniak got a good chance for a goal in the 86th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Pogoń Szczecin had played much better football throughout.