U18 World League

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Spectators: 7867 (Terracing: 5902, Seating: 1809, VIP seats: 156) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cléber Azevedo started the match with the kick off. In the 6th match minute, Pogoń Szczecin was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Herbert Cwenar to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 12th minute, Gilmar de Brito managed to get in a good position for a shot. ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ's supporters rose to their feet, but Gilmar de Brito was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Aleksander Szpakowski breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A collision led to Pogoń Szczecin getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Beniamin Bojanowski hit a great ball. Pogoń Szczecin's Aleksander Szpakowski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 19th minute of the match, managed to save Pogoń Szczecin from getting a goal against them. 19 minutes into the game, Luís Fabiano Moraes was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Pogoń Szczecin the free kick. After a rather tough play, ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ's Luís Fabiano Moraes got a free kick in the 20th minute. After 20 played minutes, Pogoń Szczecin's Janusz Prokowski shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Benny Courtois came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Pogoń Szczecin reached it. A collision led to ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Cléber Azevedo hit a great ball. Luís Fabiano Moraes was shown his second yellow card after 30 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. In the 31st minute, Luís Fabiano Moraes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 32nd minute of the match Tytus Scigan shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Benny Courtois showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Benjamim Freitas during the 35th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Cléber Azevedo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 41st minute of the match, but Aleksander Szpakowski made a huge save. After a rather tough play, ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ's Gilmar de Brito got a free kick in the 43rd minute. After 45 played minutes ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ got a freekick which was hit by Gilmar de Brito.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Olgierd Moryl to make the kick off. After 51 minutes, Leon Wnukowski mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Pogoń Szczecin and the ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ players grew even worse after the yellow card. Leon Wnukowski kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. Gilmar de Brito kicked well hit freekick during the 60th minute of the match. Olgierd Moryl's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 61stth minute, Benny Courtois skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benjamim Freitas in the 63rd minute of play forced Pogoń Szczecin's goalkeeper Aleksander Szpakowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Enéas Ramalho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 78 minutes, Tanek Barciniak managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Pogoń Szczecin's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tanek Barciniak was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. A collision led to Pogoń Szczecin getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Leon Wnukowski hit a great ball. In the 81st minute, Benjamim Freitas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Aleksander Szpakowski was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. The referee felt a red card was in order, 83 minutes into the game, when Jefferson Lara put in a rough tackle. The supporters of Pogoń Szczecin booed when ǺŁвǺтяØƶ - ƒรCмƶ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 84 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jefferson Lara didn't get a good kick on the ball. The long shot by Janusz Prokowski in the 85th minute really tested Benny Courtois's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Benny Courtois was out of position in the 96 minute of play, and Tanek Barciniak capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Tanek Barciniak really showed his touch with that goal: 1-1.