U21 World League

SOSNOWIEC ARENA
Spectators: 7559 (Terracing: 5670, Seating: 1738, VIP seats: 151) Kajetan Dlugi started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After 3 minutes, Radomir Haskiewicz mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the INTER Sosnowiec and the The Valar players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 2nd minute, one of INTER Sosnowiec:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for INTER Sosnowiec. 4 minutes into the match, Gandalf Grey had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Antoni Gniech. INTER Sosnowiec's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Gandalf Grey was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Dan Ghițescu was out of position in the 7 minute of play, and Tomasz Pietrowiak capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Tomasz Pietrowiak really showed his touch with that goal: 1-1. Dorel Joja sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Antoni Gniech showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marian Savu, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. In the 23rd minute, Tomasz Pietrowiak ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dan Ghițescu was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Olimpiu Postelnicescu's late challenge caught a INTER Sosnowiec's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Olimpiu Postelnicescu helped the player get up and apologised. In the 32nd minute, Olimpiu Postelnicescu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dan Ghițescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kajetan Dlugi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to The Valar getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Claudiu Becheanu hit a great ball. In the 41st minute Dorel Joja shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Antoni Gniech saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Antoni Gniech showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sorin Răduța, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. In the 45th minute Marian Savu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Antoni Gniech saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Antoni Gniech showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marian Savu, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Marian Savu to make the kick off. In the 53rd match minute, INTER Sosnowiec was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Radomir Haskiewicz to maneuver through the defense. With his leg Antoni Gniech managed to avoid a goal in the 56thth minute, when The Valar's Sorin Răduța fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. With a little luck, INTER Sosnowiec's Antoni Gniech got control of the ball when Dorel Joja tried to sneak it across the goal line. 58 minutes into the match, The Valar's goal looked a bit too open when Kajetan Dlugi came free, but Dan Ghițescu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 60th match minute, INTER Sosnowiec was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Klement Okraszewski to maneuver through the defense. After 64 played minutes INTER Sosnowiec got a freekick which was hit by Patryk Bykowski. A collision led to INTER Sosnowiec getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Tomasz Pietrowiak hit a great ball. Marian Savu could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 68th minute of the match, but Antoni Gniech made a huge save. Dan Ghițescu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomasz Pietrowiak in the 70th minute of the match. In the 71st minute Kajetan Dlugi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dan Ghițescu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 72 minutes, Mugurel Seţeanu mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the The Valar and the INTER Sosnowiec players grew even worse after the yellow card. Mugurel Seţeanu kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tomasz Pietrowiak in the 75th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Dan Ghițescu prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After a rather tough play, The Valar's Mugurel Seţeanu got a free kick in the 75th minute. The long shot by Gandalf Grey in the 83rd minute really tested Antoni Gniech's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Radomir Haskiewicz was shown his second yellow card after 86 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Radomir Haskiewicz kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. In the 88th minute, Marian Savu got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. For all the effort they put into the match, the The Valar players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for INTER Sosnowiec.