U21 World League

Arena Skarpa Ełk
Spectators: 7553 (Terracing: 5666, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) Aleksander Limanowski started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Jedrzej Grucza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ferdinand Pěnčík, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. A nice corner shot did that Jiří Smolík got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jedrzej Grucza quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Krzysztof Biskupiak kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. In the 9th minute Ferdinand Pěnčík shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jedrzej Grucza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Ferdinand Pěnčík's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jedrzej Grucza was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. Jedrzej Grucza came out of the goal in the 15th minute to try and stop a shot by ⚽Aston Punat⚽'s Bořek Volný. But to his dismay, Bořek Volný quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. A collision led to ⚽Aston Punat⚽ getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Norbert Hurt hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Aleksander Limanowski got free with Boban Bobek in the 19th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jedrzej Grucza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ferdinand Pěnčík in the 27th minute of play. Jedrzej Grucza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Norbert Hurt in the 35th minute of play. In the 36th minute, Cyryl Liberko hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to ⚽Aston Punat⚽ getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Božetěch Vrána hit a great ball. Aleksander Limanowski's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 42ndth minute, Boban Bobek skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Jedrzej Grucza made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ferdinand Pěnčík in the 44th minute of play. Arkadiusz Dulka's late challenge caught a ⚽Aston Punat⚽'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Arkadiusz Dulka helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of ⚽Aston Punat⚽ booed when Skarpa Ełk was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Arkadiusz Dulka didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jedrzej Grucza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ferdinand Pěnčík in the 46th minute of the match. After the first half ⚽Aston Punat⚽ were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ferdinand Pěnčík made a kick off. 51 minutes into the match, ⚽Aston Punat⚽'s goal looked a bit too open when Krzysztof Biskupiak came free, but Boban Bobek reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 52nd minute Ferdinand Pěnčík shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jedrzej Grucza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 56th minute Ferdinand Pěnčík shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jedrzej Grucza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Boban Bobek made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Krzysztof Biskupiak in the 58th minute of play. Boban Bobek showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Krzysztof Biskupiak in the 60th minute of the match. 60 minutes into the match, Krzysztof Biskupiak had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Boban Bobek. ⚽Aston Punat⚽'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Krzysztof Biskupiak was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. Jedrzej Grucza made a fantastic save in the 70th minute, when Bořek Volný sent off a good shot on target. 71 minutes into the match, ⚽Aston Punat⚽'s goal looked a bit too open when Krzysztof Biskupiak came free, but Boban Bobek reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 74 minutes into the match, Skarpa Ełk's goal looked a bit too open when Ferdinand Pěnčík came free, but Jedrzej Grucza reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With an all-out effort, ⚽Aston Punat⚽'s Jedrzej Grucza threw himself towards the right post 76 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Ferdinand Pěnčík, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. When Arkadiusz Dulka was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 77 minutes had been played. In the 77th match minute, Skarpa Ełk was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arkadiusz Dulka to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bořek Volný got free with Jedrzej Grucza in the 82nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With his leg Jedrzej Grucza managed to avoid a goal in the 83rdth minute, when ⚽Aston Punat⚽'s Norbert Hurt fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After 85 played minutes ⚽Aston Punat⚽ got a freekick which was hit by Zbyněk Uhlíř. After 86 minutes, Mateusz Wojtkiewicz mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Skarpa Ełk and the ⚽Aston Punat⚽ players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 86 played minutes Skarpa Ełk got a freekick which was hit by Mateusz Wojtkiewicz. Jedrzej Grucza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bořek Volný, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bořek Volný in the 94th minute of play forced Skarpa Ełk's goalkeeper Jedrzej Grucza to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ⚽Aston Punat⚽'s fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.