U21 World League

Richter Arena
Spectators: 7342 (Terracing: 5619, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 0) The crowd rose to their feet as The Wild Bunch's Fred Smedfeldt slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Michal Michallek. That made the score 1-0 after 8 minutes of play. Barnaba Kociniewski recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 10th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Michal Michallek made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mattias Hammarbäck in the 15th minute. After 15 played minutes Emalia Olkusz got a freekick which was hit by Drago Tanio. Aleksander Orlicki sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Aleksander Orlicki's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Knut Odin was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. Emalia Olkusz's Michal Michallek played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kaj Lööf in the 22nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Michal Orling in the 24th minute of play forced The Wild Bunch's goalkeeper Knut Odin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Wild Bunch's Knut Odin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aleksander Orlicki in the 28th minute of play. Drago Tanio's late challenge caught a The Wild Bunch's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Drago Tanio helped the player get up and apologised. Knut Odin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Michal Orling, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. 37 minutes into the match, The Wild Bunch's goal looked a bit too open when Aleksander Orlicki came free, but Knut Odin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Knut Odin stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Aleksander Orlicki's shot from short distance in the 39th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 45th minute, Barnaba Kociniewski managed to get in a good position for a shot. Emalia Olkusz's supporters rose to their feet, but Barnaba Kociniewski was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Knut Odin breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Knut Odin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aleksander Orlicki in the 47th minute of play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Aleksander Orlicki to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fred Smedfeldt in the 52nd minute of play forced Emalia Olkusz's goalkeeper Michal Michallek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fred Smedfeldt in the 53rd minute of play forced Emalia Olkusz's goalkeeper Michal Michallek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 54thth minute of the game Fred Smedfeldt who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Emalia Olkusz's Michal Michallek was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a defensive mix-up in The Wild Bunch's zone, Barnaba Kociniewski stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Knut Odin came out of the goal and Barnaba Kociniewski tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Kaj Lööf fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Michal Michallek having to interfere. After 69 played minutes The Wild Bunch got a freekick which was hit by Tobias Svanér. In the 81st match minute, Emalia Olkusz was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Witomir Zurawski to maneuver through the defense. Fred Smedfeldt scored 2-0 in the 83rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Michal Michallek, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Tobias Svanér sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Knut Odin made a fantastic save in the 91st minute, when Aleksander Orlicki sent off a good shot on target. When Michal Orling came up free with the goalie in the 93rd minute, the Emalia Olkusz 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 Michal Orling couldn't finish the play.