U18 World League

St. Francesco Totti
Spectators: 7816 (Terracing: 5864, Seating: 1797, VIP seats: 155) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cyryl Gniewek started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute Witold Zakrzewski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alfred Starogardzki saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Zenon Miecznikowski's late challenge caught a AC Raczyny's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Zenon Miecznikowski helped the player get up and apologised. In the 8th minute, Zenon Miecznikowski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 16 minutes into the match, AC Raczyny's goal looked a bit too open when Witold Zakrzewski came free, but Alfred Starogardzki reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Radoslaw Sroki scored 0-1 in the 18th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Czeslaw Winograd, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to FC Wypyszek getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Miromir Bendyk hit a great ball. Czeslaw Winograd made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Witold Blochowiak in the 22nd minute of play. After 23 minutes, Roman Skaradoski mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the AC Raczyny and the FC Wypyszek players grew even worse after the yellow card. Roman Skaradoski hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. Czeslaw Winograd showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Radoslaw Sroki, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. In the 30th minute of the match, Cyryl Gniewek tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Alfred Starogardzki saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 34th minute, Witold Blochowiak left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The AC Raczyny fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. In the 46th minute, Witold Zakrzewski reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Alfred Starogardzki. The goal made the score 1-2. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Witold Blochowiak made a kick off. In the 55th minute Miromir Bendyk shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alfred Starogardzki saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. FC Wypyszek's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Radoslaw Sroki 64 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-3. 67 minutes into the match, FC Wypyszek's goalkeeper Czeslaw Winograd had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Radoslaw Sroki. Witold Zakrzewski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Alfred Starogardzki tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 77th match minute, FC Wypyszek was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cyryl Gniewek to maneuver through the defense. Czeslaw Winograd took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Franciszek Fujarczuk, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 81 minutes into the match, Witold Zakrzewski notched a goal, 2-3, to the right of AC Raczyny's Alfred Starogardzki. Alfred Starogardzki was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 84th minute Witold Zakrzewski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alfred Starogardzki saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 87 minutes into the match, AC Raczyny's goal looked a bit too open when Cyryl Gniewek came free, but Alfred Starogardzki reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 88 minutes into the match, Ludomil Majdoch notched a goal, 3-3, to the right of AC Raczyny's Alfred Starogardzki. Alfred Starogardzki was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Cyryl Gniewek sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Alfred Starogardzki showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ludomil Majdoch in the 94th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cyryl Gniewek in the 95th minute of play forced AC Raczyny's goalkeeper Alfred Starogardzki to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.