U18 World League

Gryf Pomorski
Spectators: 7471 (Terracing: 5604, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Stanny Helssens got the match started through his kick off. Stanny Helssens fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 2nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Beniamin Leper having to interfere. Gregory Verhelst kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. After 8 minutes of play, Kickers United's Stanny Helssens made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Beniamin Leper was left in no man's land by his defense there! The supporters of Kickers United booed when Kosynierzy FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lech Cuber didn't get a good kick on the ball. 20 minutes into the game, Witalis Arnista was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Kosynierzy FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Kickers United the free kick. The supporters of Kickers United booed when Kosynierzy FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 20 match minutes in a wonderful position. Witalis Arnista didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 24 minutes, Stanny Helssens made it 0-2 with a short kick to the right side. Kosynierzy FC's Beniamin Leper tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Patryk Dejo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Emmanuel Meersman tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Patryk Dejo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Kickers United's Emmanuel Meersman proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 34th minute of the match, managed to save Kickers United from getting a goal against them. The supporters of Kosynierzy FC booed when Kickers United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gregory Verhelst didn't get a good kick on the ball. Zbyszek Ptaszek received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Emmanuel Meersman tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 43 played minutes Kosynierzy FC got a freekick which was hit by Witalis Arnista. The supporters of Kickers United booed when Kosynierzy FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Patryk Dejo didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 45 played minutes, Kickers United's Gregory Verhelst shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Beniamin Leper 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 Kickers United reached it. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Zbyszek Ptaszek made a kick off. The supporters of Kickers United booed when Kosynierzy FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 51 match minutes in a wonderful position. Witalis Arnista didn't get a good kick on the ball. Stanny Helssens received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Beniamin Leper tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 57th minute, Witalis Arnista hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in Kosynierzy FC's zone, Jannic Van Cruchten stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Beniamin Leper came out of the goal and Jannic Van Cruchten tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 68th minute, Jannic Van Cruchten 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 73rd minute, Jannic Van Cruchten made a precise shot to the right of Beniamin Leper. Kosynierzy FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-4. 78 minutes into the match, Kosynierzy FC's goalkeeper Beniamin Leper had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jannic Van Cruchten. In the 79th minute Patryk Dejo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emmanuel Meersman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 88th minute, Zbyszek Ptaszek made a precise shot to the right of Emmanuel Meersman. Kickers United's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-4. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Lucjan Budrewicz during the 91st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Kickers United eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.