U18 World League

SPARTA® Stadium
Spectators: 7532 (Terracing: 5650, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Tadeusz Bielejewski took the kick off in the first half of the match. When Tadeusz Bielejewski fell near the penalty area in the 3rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Niebiański&Team's protests and gave Tadeusz Bielejewski a yellow card for diving instead. In the 3rd match minute, Niebiański&Team was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tadeusz Bielejewski to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Niebiański&Team's Waldemar Lewandowski got a free kick in the 4th minute. After having played for 5 minutes, Orestis Koskinopoulos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. GOD OF WAR's supporters crossed their fingers, but Orestis Koskinopoulos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Anastasios Karidis charged in rather forcefully in the 10th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Anastasios Karidis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 10 played minutes GOD OF WAR got a freekick which was hit by Anastasios Karidis. Anthimos Chatzikostas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tadeusz Bielejewski in the 11th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anthimos Farmakatos in the 12th minute of play forced Niebiański&Team's goalkeeper Kacper Czajkowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 13th match minute, Niebiański&Team was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wojciech Ochylski to maneuver through the defense. Kacper Czajkowski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Panos Karnezis in the 16th minute of the match. The supporters of GOD OF WAR booed when Niebiański&Team was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Waldemar Lewandowski didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tadeusz Bielejewski in the 27th minute of play forced GOD OF WAR's goalkeeper Anthimos Chatzikostas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Klement Parzysz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 42nd minute of the match Edmund Limanowski sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Anthimos Chatzikostas skillfully saved the ball. A collision led to Niebiański&Team getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Korneliusz Jeziorkowski hit a great ball. Waldemar Lewandowski took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 47th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Anthimos Chatzikostas. GOD OF WAR's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 48th minute, Alketas Vertsotis 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.

If Panos Tsiabras had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to GOD OF WAR getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Alketas Vertsotis hit a great ball. 62 minutes into the match, Niebiański&Team's goal looked a bit too open when Anthimos Farmakatos came free, but Kacper Czajkowski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Klement Parzysz during the 63rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Klement Parzysz hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. Kacper Czajkowski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anthimos Farmakatos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 71 minutes into the match, Panos Tsiabras notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Niebiański&Team's Kacper Czajkowski. Kacper Czajkowski was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Kacper Czajkowski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anastasios Karidis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Waldemar Lewandowski hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. Anthimos Farmakatos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kacper Czajkowski having to interfere. Niebiański&Team's Kacper Czajkowski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Michalis Bouras in the 82nd minute of play. Wojciech Ochylski hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. Kacper Czajkowski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Panos Tsiabras in the 87th minute of the match. 89 minutes into the match, Tadeusz Bielejewski dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Anthimos Chatzikostas, 1-1. Anthimos Farmakatos hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.