U21 World League

Hippo Pool
Spectators: 7740 (Terracing: 5806, Seating: 1780, VIP seats: 154) 4 minutes into the match, Savage Hippo's goal looked a bit too open when Jacek Kielb came free, but Svajūnas Božys reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 5th minute Marcin Cebula shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Svajūnas Božys saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Svajūnas Božys took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcin Cebula, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 21 minutes into the match, Savage Hippo's goal looked a bit too open when Jacek Kielb came free, but Svajūnas Božys reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 22nd minute Jacek Kielb shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Svajūnas Božys saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 25 minutes of play, Korona Kielce's Jacek Kielb made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Svajūnas Božys was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 33rd minute, Maciej Korzym ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Svajūnas Božys was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. Nial Todd charged in rather forcefully in the 35th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nial Todd the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 37th minute, Stephen Duxbury made a precise shot to the right of Svajūnas Božys. Savage Hippo's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-5. In the 47th minute Jacek Kielb shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Svajūnas Božys saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Svajūnas Božys showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jacek Kielb, who was totally free with the ball in the 48th minute.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Romualdas Podėris was the one to do the kick off. In the 59th match minute, Korona Kielce was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rhys Rathmell to maneuver through the defense. Savage Hippo's Svajūnas Božys played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcin Cebula in the 66th minute of play. Nial Todd hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. When Algimantas Zakaras came up free with the goalie in the 67th minute, the Savage Hippo fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Algimantas Zakaras couldn't finish the play. Marcin Cebula succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-8 in the 72nd playminute. After some careless play in the Korona Kielce defense, Romualdas Podėris kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Richard Brearley. The Korona Kielce fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Richard Brearley should have stopped the shot. After 80 minutes, Alfredas Klenkys mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Savage Hippo and the Korona Kielce players grew even worse after the yellow card. Alfredas Klenkys kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. Svajūnas Božys didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 81st minute, which inside left pole to 1-9. Svajūnas Božys came out of the goal in the 85th minute to try and stop a shot by Korona Kielce's Jacek Kielb. But to his dismay, Jacek Kielb quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-10. After 88th play minutes Nial Todd shot 1-11, a short shot which went by Svajūnas Božys and just under the crossbar into goal. In the 91st minute, Jacek Kielb left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Korona Kielce fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-12. 96 minutes into the match, Alvydas Gabriūnas notched a goal, 2-12, to the right of Korona Kielce's Richard Brearley. Richard Brearley was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When the final whistle sounded Korona Kielce left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Savage Hippo.