U18 World League

Pracusiownia
Spectators: 7474 (Terracing: 5607, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Boruc Skikiewicz got the match started through his kick off. Bartosz Siekierka fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Spyros Panagiotas having to interfere. Spyros Panagiotas made a fantastic save in the 7th minute, when Boruc Skikiewicz sent off a good shot on target. In the 9th play minute Boruc Skikiewicz came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Spyros Panagiotas. 1-0. After 17 minutes, Aleksander Latocha made it 2-0 with a short kick to the right side. Kolopetinitsa's Spyros Panagiotas tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Bartosz Siekierka succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 3-0 in the 21st playminute. Alkis Athanasiou received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Ziemowit Witek tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Kolopetinitsa's Spyros Panagiotas proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 26th minute of the match, managed to save Kolopetinitsa from getting a goal against them. 34 minutes into the game, Kolopetinitsa's Alkis Athanasiou nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ziemowit Witek made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-1. 38 minutes into the match, Pracusiowie's goal looked a bit too open when Lambros Karpodinis came free, but Ziemowit Witek reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ziemowit Witek made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Konstantinos Kazantzis in the 47th minute of play. 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 4-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Lambros Karpodinis to make the kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 55th minute, Alkis Athanasiou managed to get in a good position for a shot. Kolopetinitsa's supporters rose to their feet, but Alkis Athanasiou was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ziemowit Witek breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Spyros Panagiotas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bartosz Siekierka in the 57th minute of the match. Ziemowit Witek made a fantastic save in the 60th minute, when Lambros Karpodinis sent off a good shot on target. In the 62nd minute Bartosz Siekierka shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Spyros Panagiotas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ziemowit Witek made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alkis Athanasiou in the 63rd minute of play. Ksawery Byczewski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Spyros Panagiotas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The crowd rose to their feet as Kolopetinitsa's Alkis Athanasiou slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ziemowit Witek. That made the score 4-3 after 69 minutes of play. Pracusiowie's Boruc Skikiewicz got a good chance for a goal in the 73rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Spyros Panagiotas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Boruc Skikiewicz went, in the 76th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-3 was the resulting score. A collision led to Kolopetinitsa getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Lambros Karpodinis hit a great ball. Ksawery Byczewski blasted a shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Spyros Panagiotas having to make a save. Ksawery Byczewski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Spyros Panagiotas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 92 minutes into the match, Pracusiowie's goalkeeper Ziemowit Witek had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lambros Karpodinis. 96 minutes into the match, Kolopetinitsa's Lambros Karpodinis sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ziemowit Witek narrowly saved just below the crossbar. For all the effort they put into the match, the Kolopetinitsa players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Pracusiowie.