U18 World League

Arena Real
Spectators: 7533 (Terracing: 5651, Seating: 1732, VIP seats: 150) Onyx's Sebastian Winograd proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save Onyx from getting a goal against them. Rolando Mederi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jaroslaw Gecionis in the 7th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Black StarZ's Vicente Artal got a free kick in the 9th minute. In the 13th minute, Jaroslaw Gecionis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rolando Mederi was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. A collision led to Black StarZ getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Americo Guib hit a great ball. Grzegorz Drzewucki took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 17th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Rolando Mederi. Black StarZ's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Rolando Mederi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Artur Rosiewicz in the 18th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Adolfo Piarres in the 21st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Sebastian Winograd prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 25th minute, Jaroslaw Gecionis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rolando Mederi was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. 28 minutes into the match, Boguslaw Zecman had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rolando Mederi. Black StarZ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Boguslaw Zecman was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. A collision led to Onyx getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Krzysztof Sienkiewicz hit a great ball. 33 minutes into the match, Artur Rosiewicz notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of Black StarZ's Rolando Mederi. Rolando Mederi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 43rd minute, Jaroslaw Gecionis left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Onyx fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-5. 47 minutes into the game, Artur Rosiewicz cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-6. Rolando Mederi was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Disappointed in the 0-6 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Adolfo Piarres to make the kick off. When the match had gone on for 53 minutes, Artur Rosiewicz took a quick shot and it went in 0-7 without a chance for Rolando Mederi to make any attempt to save it. 60 minutes into the match, Black StarZ's goal looked a bit too open when Jaroslaw Gecionis came free, but Rolando Mederi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rolando Mederi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jaroslaw Gecionis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Onyx's Cyprian Karpinski got a free kick in the 65th minute. In the 65th match minute, Black StarZ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Americo Guib to maneuver through the defense. Cyprian Karpinski might have been able to make a better finish in the 67th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Rolando Mederi. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Cyprian Karpinski ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 71st minute, Anastasio Endura hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cyprian Karpinski kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. Sebastian Winograd showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adolfo Piarres in the 75th minute of the match. Artur Rosiewicz scored 0-8 in the 77th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Rolando Mederi, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 80 minutes into the game, Artur Rosiewicz recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Rolando Mederi. Artur Rosiewicz showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-9. After 83 played minutes Artur Rosiewicz rounded Black StarZ's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-10. In the 87th minute of the match, Jaroslaw Gecionis got a very nice opportunity to score, but Rolando Mederi was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. When Black StarZ's Adolfo Piarres in the 92nd minute got a chance for a shot 92nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Onyx's goalie prevented a goal. Onyx's Jaroslaw Gecionis got a good chance for a goal in the 96th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 98 minutes into the match, Black StarZ's goal looked a bit too open when Cyprian Karpinski came free, but Rolando Mederi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The Black StarZ fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Onyx were clearly better and deserved to take the win.