U18 World League

Elland Road
Spectators: 7789 (Terracing: 5843, Seating: 1791, VIP seats: 155) Izydor Banaszak made the kick off and thus started the match. The supporters of Uptown Otters booed when Leeds Kraków F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Florian Mojsiewicz didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 10th minute Sergiu Ştef shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emil Kaznocha saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 11 minutes into the match, Aristide Crivac notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Leeds Kraków F.C.'s Emil Kaznocha. Emil Kaznocha was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Emil Kaznocha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aristide Crivac in the 14th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Leeds Kraków F.C. defense, Matei Mischie kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Emil Kaznocha. The Leeds Kraków F.C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Emil Kaznocha should have stopped the shot. In the 26th minute, Florian Mojsiewicz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 32nd minute, Izydor Banaszak left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Leeds Kraków F.C. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. Emil Kaznocha showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Matei Mischie in the 36th minute of the match. In the 37th minute of the match Uptown Otters got a corner. Leeds Kraków F.C.'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Matei Mischie ran over to the corner to take the kick. After 37 played minutes Uptown Otters got a freekick which was hit by Aristide Crivac. Sergiu Ştef sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Izydor Banaszak who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 44thth minute tested the skills of Iordache Sfârlea when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Disappointed in the 1-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Aristide Crivac to strike the kick off in the second half. After a defensive mix-up in Leeds Kraków F.C.'s zone, Ştefan Ciuvică stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Emil Kaznocha came out of the goal and Ştefan Ciuvică tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Emil Kaznocha didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Uptown Otters's Aristide Crivac shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-4 in the ordered_time% minute. After a rather tough play, Leeds Kraków F.C.'s Tadeusz Ciborek got a free kick in the 65th minute. A collision led to Leeds Kraków F.C. getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Jakub Wachna hit a great ball. Izydor Banaszak's late challenge caught a Uptown Otters's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Izydor Banaszak helped the player get up and apologised. In the 71st minute, Hieronim Zatorski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Emil Kaznocha took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Aristide Crivac, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Ştefan Ciuvică had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After having played for 82 minutes, Sergiu Ştef managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Uptown Otters's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sergiu Ştef was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 87 minutes into the game, Martin Creteanu was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Uptown Otters's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Leeds Kraków F.C. the free kick. In the 87th minute, Martin Creteanu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Sergiu Ştef had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.