U18 World League

United Center
Spectators: 7516 (Terracing: 5638, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 150) With a little luck, Deportivo Mukenio's Cristian Eleder got control of the ball when Hugon Knopek tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 7th minute the ball was on its way in behind KRK BULLS's goalkeeper Szczepan Birkenhagen, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Cristian Eleder showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Piotr Gmoch, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Maximiliano Todor received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Szczepan Birkenhagen tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cristian Eleder was out of position in the 17 minute of play, and Boguslaw Jankowski capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Boguslaw Jankowski really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. A collision led to KRK BULLS getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Aureliusz Arendarski hit a great ball. With a little luck, Deportivo Mukenio's Cristian Eleder got control of the ball when Piotr Gmoch tried to sneak it across the goal line. Piotr Gmoch could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 27th minute of the match, but Cristian Eleder made a huge save. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Maximiliano Todor in the 32nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Szczepan Birkenhagen saved KRK BULLS from getting behind. In the 34th minute, Gwidon Kornaszewski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cristian Eleder was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Gwidon Kornaszewski came free with the goalkeeper in the 38th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Cristian Eleder could save by the left post. Desiderio Bieito fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Szczepan Birkenhagen having to interfere. In the 41st match minute, Deportivo Mukenio was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nereo Fanuco to maneuver through the defense. If Urbano Eguzki had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Boguslaw Jankowski was the one to do the kick off. Cristian Eleder showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gwidon Kornaszewski, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. KRK BULLS's Szczepan Birkenhagen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Desiderio Bieito in the 53rd minute of play. Cristian Eleder showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Piotr Gmoch in the 54th minute of the match. Desiderio Bieito did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-1 to the left of a surprised Szczepan Birkenhagen 56 minutes into the match. 61 minutes into the match, Deportivo Mukenio's goal looked a bit too open when Hugon Knopek came free, but Cristian Eleder reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Desiderio Bieito took the ball and in the 65 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Szczepan Birkenhagen. Szczepan Birkenhagen dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Desiderio Bieito in the 69th minute of play forced KRK BULLS's goalkeeper Szczepan Birkenhagen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gwidon Kornaszewski charged in rather forcefully in the 70th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Gwidon Kornaszewski the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 70th minute, Gwidon Kornaszewski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Desiderio Bieito kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. In the 73rd minute, Gwidon Kornaszewski left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The KRK BULLS fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-2. 77 minutes into the game, Hugon Knopek cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-2. Cristian Eleder was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 81st minute, Deportivo Mukenio's Urbano Eguzki dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 4-3. Cristian Eleder made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gwidon Kornaszewski in the 88th minute of play. 91 minutes into the match, Deportivo Mukenio's goal looked a bit too open when Hugon Knopek came free, but Cristian Eleder reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cristian Eleder didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gwidon Kornaszewski went, in the 93rd minute, to the upper right corner, 5-3 was the resulting score. KRK BULLS's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.