U18 World League

Field of torment
Spectators: 7665 (Terracing: 5750, Seating: 1762, VIP seats: 153) Queens of Lublin's Alfred Falkiewicz 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. Joel Rafe scored 0-1 in the 6th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Hugon Spychalski, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Alfred Falkiewicz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Candido Haitz having to interfere. In the 15th minute Antonio Eate shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hugon Spychalski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alfred Falkiewicz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Candido Haitz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alfred Falkiewicz in the 22nd minute of play forced ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴'s goalkeeper Candido Haitz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 32nd minute, Nemesio Abar ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Hugon Spychalski was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. After a rather tough play, ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴'s Gaudencio Sendoa got a free kick in the 35th minute. After 37 minutes ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Alfred Falkiewicz who took care of the corner kick. Cezary Tscherner hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. Hugon Spychalski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joel Rafe, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. After the first half ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴ were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Antonio Eate stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Hugon Spychalski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Antonio Eate in the 50th minute of play. Candido Haitz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alfred Falkiewicz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nicolas Loi lost his temper 54 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. After 54 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴! Candido Haitz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cezary Tscherner went, in the 60th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. After 67 played minutes Queens of Lublin got a freekick which was hit by Andrzej Urban. Candido Haitz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Alfred Falkiewicz's shot from short distance in the 77th minute. Hugon Spychalski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Antonio Eate in the 79th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Antonio Eate got free with Hugon Spychalski in the 87th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Cezary Tscherner during the 92nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. ✴ ᑭᕮᒪᑌᑕᕼᕮ ✴'s Blas Lorenz was substituted for Raimundo Manni. After a rather tough play, Queens of Lublin's Cezary Tscherner got a free kick in the 93rd minute. When Sylwester Ciszewski fell near the penalty area in the 96th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Queens of Lublin's protests and gave Sylwester Ciszewski a yellow card for diving instead.