U21 World League

Olimp
Spectators: 7707 (Terracing: 5782, Seating: 1772, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Liutauras Rimkevičius started the match with the kick off. The audience was convinced that Liutauras Rimkevičius's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Piotr Gecionis was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. Liutauras Rimkevičius fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Piotr Gecionis having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Śląsk Bytom's Hieronim Bialakowski got a free kick in the 15th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 15th minute, Jarūnas Laužikas managed to get in a good position for a shot. Hexo Utd's supporters rose to their feet, but Jarūnas Laužikas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Piotr Gecionis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Piotr Gecionis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Margiris Kerpauskas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Śląsk Bytom's Piotr Gecionis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Liutauras Rimkevičius in the 21st minute of play. In the 23rd match minute, Śląsk Bytom was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pawel Jekot to maneuver through the defense. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Margiris Kerpauskas in the 24th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Piotr Gecionis saved Śląsk Bytom from getting behind. After a rather tough play, Hexo Utd's Liutauras Rimkevičius got a free kick in the 28th minute. Śląsk Bytom's Piotr Gecionis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Margiris Kerpauskas in the 37th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Śląsk Bytom's Konstanty Felenak got a free kick in the 41st minute. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Roch Betonowy stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Krzysztof Maciejewski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kristijonas Juzonis having to interfere. With a little luck, Śląsk Bytom's Piotr Gecionis got control of the ball when Liutauras Rimkevičius tried to sneak it across the goal line. Liutauras Rimkevičius could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 68th minute of the match, but Piotr Gecionis made a huge save. Kristijonas Juzonis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Krzysztof Maciejewski in the 69th minute of the match. In the 73rd minute, Algirdas Narutavičius hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Piotr Gecionis made a fantastic save in the 75th minute, when Albertas Marcišauskas sent off a good shot on target. After having played for 77 minutes, Margiris Kerpauskas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Hexo Utd's supporters crossed their fingers, but Margiris Kerpauskas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 78thth minute of the game Margiris Kerpauskas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Śląsk Bytom's Piotr Gecionis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 87th minute of the match, Margiris Kerpauskas tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Piotr Gecionis saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 91 minutes into the match, Liutauras Rimkevičius dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Piotr Gecionis, 0-2. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Hexo Utd eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.