U18 World League

Stadion Astralny
Spectators: 7498 (Terracing: 5624, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 149) Astral's Emil Bronkala started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Emil Niziolek showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nicanor Nabar, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Gervasio Dei showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mateusz Wielgopolski in the 6th minute of the match. When Teobald Puch fell near the penalty area in the 7th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Astral's protests and gave Teobald Puch a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Astral getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Teobald Puch hit a great ball. After 9 played minutes Chanchos got a freekick which was hit by Abel Ursino. Milosz Kaznocha fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gervasio Dei having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Emil Bronkala in the 11th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Gervasio Dei saved Chanchos from getting behind. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nicanor Nabar in the 15th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Emil Niziolek saved Astral from getting behind. Emil Niziolek made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nicanor Nabar in the 22nd minute of play. Rosendo Estevez hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. When %teams%'s Emil Bronkala was free in front of goal, he didn't hesitate to shoot 1-0 just inside the left pole, 28 minutes into the game. Gervasio Dei was annoyed at himself for letting in the shot. If Tymoteusz Ziemba had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 36 minutes into the game, Emil Bronkala recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Gervasio Dei. Emil Bronkala showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-0. Gervasio Dei showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emil Bronkala in the 41st minute of the match. With his leg Gervasio Dei managed to avoid a goal in the 45thth minute, when Astral's Emil Bronkala fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Nicanor Nabar made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Isidoro Oalo in the 55th minute of play forced Astral's goalkeeper Emil Niziolek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 56 minutes, Nicanor Nabar managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Chanchos's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nicanor Nabar was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The Astral fans' excitement grew in the 63rd match minute when Astral's Emil Bronkala looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 3-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. 67 minutes into the match, Chanchos's goal looked a bit too open when Emil Bronkala came free, but Gervasio Dei reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Chanchos's Gervasio Dei played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emil Bronkala in the 69th minute of play. Gervasio Dei didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Emil Bronkala went, in the 73rd minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. Milosz Kaznocha fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gervasio Dei having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Emil Bronkala's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gervasio Dei was relentless in the 83rd minute of the game. When Milosz Kaznocha came up free with the goalie in the 85th minute, the Astral fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Milosz Kaznocha couldn't finish the play. Gervasio Dei took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emil Bronkala, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. It was a well-played corner which Ignacy Filanowski managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. When the referee ended the match the Astral players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.