U18 World League

Rocco Stadium
Spectators: 7618 (Terracing: 5714, Seating: 1752, VIP seats: 152) Radowit Budzyn started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Tomas Jonasson during the 5th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Tomas Jonasson hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. Lars-Erik Björk received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Jerzy Ciborek tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 10 played minutes Nadodrze Wrocław got a freekick which was hit by Edward Kon. Jerzy Ciborek made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lars-Erik Björk in the 11th minute of play. In the 21st minute Lars-Erik Björk shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jerzy Ciborek saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 25th minute the ball was on its way in behind Nadodrze Wrocław's goalkeeper Jerzy Ciborek, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Jerzy Ciborek showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lars-Erik Björk in the 33rd minute of the match. Team Rocco's Lars-Erik Björk got a good chance for a goal in the 38th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With his leg Jerzy Ciborek managed to avoid a goal in the 43rdth minute, when Team Rocco's Kurt Björkman fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 45 minutes in the game, Isac Tholsson fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Jerzy Ciborek having to interfere. 46 minutes into the match, Team Rocco's Isac Tholsson sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jerzy Ciborek narrowly saved just below the crossbar.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Lars-Erik Björk made a kick off. Jerzy Ciborek showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kurt Björkman, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Lars-Erik Björk fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jerzy Ciborek having to interfere. After 60 minutes of play, Team Rocco's Lars-Erik Björk made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jerzy Ciborek was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Lars-Erik Björk had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Kurt Björkman's late challenge caught a Nadodrze Wrocław's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kurt Björkman helped the player get up and apologised. After 64 played minutes Team Rocco got a freekick which was hit by Kurt Björkman. Lars-Erik Björk fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jerzy Ciborek having to interfere. In the 70th minute Lars-Erik Björk shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jerzy Ciborek saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kurt Björkman fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jerzy Ciborek having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lars-Erik Björk in the 78th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jerzy Ciborek saved Nadodrze Wrocław from getting behind. After having played for 79 minutes, Wincenty Laba managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Nadodrze Wrocław's supporters crossed their fingers, but Wincenty Laba was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. A collision led to Team Rocco getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Wilhelm Sjöberg hit a great ball. In the 90th match minute, Nadodrze Wrocław was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Roch Niemojewski to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kurt Björkman in the 95th minute of play forced Nadodrze Wrocław's goalkeeper Jerzy Ciborek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Team Rocco were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Nadodrze Wrocław for a fine match.