U18 World League

Flower Goal Arena
Spectators: 7486 (Terracing: 5615, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Wincent Mirowski got the match started through his kick off. Through an outstanding action, after 5 minutes, Mikolaj Resel successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Joar Haström hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Mikolaj Resel was out of position in the 13 minute of play, and Ture Hägglund capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Ture Hägglund really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. Ragnar Westerberg let the left foot speak when in front of goal in the 18th minute shot 2-0 at rihgt post. In the 32nd minute, Blomstermåla BK's Ture Hägglund dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-0. In the 38th minute, Joar Haström ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mikolaj Resel was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. Ingvar Brogren showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lucjan Dropinski in the 42nd minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ragnar Westerberg in the 43rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Mikolaj Resel prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Sven-Edvin Lindkvist received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Mikolaj Resel tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ragnar Westerberg made a kick off. In the 61st minute, Wiktor Gomolka hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mikolaj Resel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sven-Edvin Lindkvist in the 64th minute of the match. If Wincent Mirowski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. RW AHLEN-KNURÓW's Mikolaj Resel played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ragnar Westerberg in the 68th minute of play. When Ragnar Westerberg fell near the penalty area in the 75th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Blomstermåla BK's protests and gave Ragnar Westerberg a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of RW AHLEN-KNURÓW booed when Blomstermåla BK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ragnar Westerberg didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some careless play in the Blomstermåla BK defense, Jacek Prosowski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ingvar Brogren. The Blomstermåla BK fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ingvar Brogren should have stopped the shot. The audience thought a goal was coming when Wincent Mirowski got free with Ingvar Brogren in the 89th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. RW AHLEN-KNURÓW's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.