U23 World League

Zlatan Arena
Spectators: 7740 (Terracing: 5806, Seating: 1780, VIP seats: 154) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Aaron Fors kicked off to start the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Hieronim Watarz in the 3rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Billy Pihl saved Zlatan BK from getting behind. 6 minutes into the match, NieETIkalni Lebork's goalkeeper Hugon Piechna had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Aaron Fors. 9 minutes into the match, Hieronim Watarz had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Billy Pihl. Zlatan BK's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Hieronim Watarz was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. In the 12th minute the ball was on its way in behind Zlatan BK's goalkeeper Billy Pihl, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Billy Pihl didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Hieronim Watarz went, in the 12th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Billy Pihl came out of the goal in the 16th minute to try and stop a shot by NieETIkalni Lebork's Hieronim Watarz. But to his dismay, Hieronim Watarz quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. NieETIkalni Lebork were awarded a corner in the 22th minute after Zlatan BK's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Fabian Kocieniewski took the corner. Fabian Kocieniewski made a great header on NieETIkalni Lebork's corner, it was just that Zlatan BK's Billy Pihl managed to reach the ball for a save. Billy Pihl made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Franciszek Nuszkowski in the 30th minute of play. In the 44th minute, Hieronim Watarz left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The NieETIkalni Lebork fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-6.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Franciszek Nuszkowski to make the kick off. Zlatan BK's defense didn't have a chance, in the 52nd minute, when Franciszek Nuszkowski scored to the left of an out of position Billy Pihl, making the score, 0-7. Billy Pihl showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hieronim Watarz in the 55th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hieronim Watarz in the 59th minute of play forced Zlatan BK's goalkeeper Billy Pihl to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Hieronim Watarz in the 61st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Billy Pihl saved Zlatan BK from getting behind. Hieronim Watarz blasted a shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Billy Pihl having to make a save. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Hieronim Watarz in the 65th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Billy Pihl saved Zlatan BK from getting behind. 71 minutes into the game, Hieronim Watarz cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-9. Billy Pihl was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The crowd rose to their feet as Hieronim Watarz kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Billy Pihl. That made the score 0-10 in the 74 minute of play. Hieronim Watarz received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Billy Pihl came out and tried to block the shot, but Hieronim Watarz slotted it home off the left post making it 0-11 in the 84th minute. Zlatan BK's Billy Pihl proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 87th minute of the match, managed to save Zlatan BK from getting a goal against them. When Hieronim Watarz came up free with the goalie in the 93rd minute, the NieETIkalni Lebork 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 Hieronim Watarz couldn't finish the play. When the final whistle sounded NieETIkalni Lebork left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Zlatan BK.