U21 World League

Hippo Pool
Spectators: 7666 (Terracing: 5751, Seating: 1762, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Romualdas Podėris took the kick off in the first half of the match. Svajūnas Božys didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Miroslaw Gizynski went, in the 2nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. With his leg Zbyszek Drab managed to avoid a goal in the 6thth minute, when Savage Hippo's Romualdas Podėris fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. If Miroslaw Gizynski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Zbigniew Bugajski was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 14th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. In the 15th minute, Miroslaw Gizynski 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 0-2. 19 minutes into the match, Miroslaw Gizynski notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Savage Hippo's Svajūnas Božys. Svajūnas Božys was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 23rd minute, Lucjan Odachowski left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Myszków SSA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. Boleslaw Przewozik charged in rather forcefully in the 25th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Boleslaw Przewozik the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 25th match minute, Myszków SSA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Boleslaw Przewozik to maneuver through the defense. In the 29th minute of the match Fabian Bronder sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Svajūnas Božys skillfully saved the ball. Lucjan Odachowski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Svajūnas Božys tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Witold Winnicki fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Svajūnas Božys having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 42nd minute, Miroslaw Gizynski managed to get in a good position for a shot. Myszków SSA's supporters rose to their feet, but Miroslaw Gizynski was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Svajūnas Božys breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When Savage Hippo's Romualdas Podėris in the 46th minute got a chance for a shot 46th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Myszków SSA's goalie prevented a goal. The Savage Hippo players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Myszków SSA were winning 0-4.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Miroslaw Gizynski to make the kick off. Alvydas Gabriūnas kicked well hit freekick during the 50th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Romualdas Podėris in the 54th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Zbyszek Drab prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 58 minutes into the match, Savage Hippo's goalkeeper Svajūnas Božys had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Miroslaw Gizynski. Svajūnas Božys made an important save on a dangerous shot by Benedykt Gajewski in the 61st minute. Laurynas Šarkauskas kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. Lucjan Odachowski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 68 minutes into the match, Myszków SSA's goal looked a bit too open when Romualdas Podėris came free, but Zbyszek Drab reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Romualdas Podėris in the 73rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Zbyszek Drab saved Myszków SSA from getting behind. Laurynas Šarkauskas's late challenge caught a Myszków SSA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Laurynas Šarkauskas helped the player get up and apologised. Laurynas Šarkauskas kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. The Myszków SSA players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.