U23 World League

HARAKIRI
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) Zgierskie Zlewy's Barnaba Bazylnikov started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Serbülent Salim's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jan Andrzejewski read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 4th minute of play. After 8 played minutes Zgierskie Zlewy got a freekick which was hit by Maciej Kaszubik. In the 9th minute Serbülent Salim shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jan Andrzejewski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jedrzej Kempski recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 12th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 汪希瑜 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jan Andrzejewski having to interfere. Jan Andrzejewski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Serbülent Salim, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. After taking down the ball on AIF's corner Wilhelm Alströmer fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Jan Andrzejewski quite easily take care of the ball. When the match had gone on for 26 minutes, Napoleon Literski took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Marek Szostak to make any attempt to save it. 32 minutes into the match, Zgierskie Zlewy's goal looked a bit too open when 汪希瑜 came free, but Jan Andrzejewski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 32 minutes into the match, 汪希瑜 notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Zgierskie Zlewy's Jan Andrzejewski. Jan Andrzejewski was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Wladyslaw Bulkiewicz sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Serbülent Salim to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Barnaba Bazylnikov in the 51st minute of play forced AIF's goalkeeper Marek Szostak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marek Szostak took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Barnaba Bazylnikov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. AIF's Marek Szostak played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Napoleon Literski in the 55th minute of play. Marek Szostak took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jedrzej Kempski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 58th minute Napoleon Literski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marek Szostak saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marek Szostak didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jedrzej Kempski went, in the 60th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. In the 65th minute Napoleon Literski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marek Szostak saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Zgierskie Zlewy's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Barnaba Bazylnikov in the 66th minute. The corner ended in Barnaba Bazylnikov almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but AIF's Marek Szostak did a great save. Marek Szostak made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Napoleon Literski in the 70th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Barnaba Bazylnikov in the 71st minute of play forced AIF's goalkeeper Marek Szostak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. AIF's Marek Szostak played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jedrzej Kempski in the 74th minute of play. If Barnaba Bazylnikov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jan Andrzejewski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Serbülent Salim in the 84th minute of the match. In the 85th match minute, AIF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wilhelm Anundsson to maneuver through the defense. 89 minutes into the match, Jedrzej Kempski had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marek Szostak. AIF's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jedrzej Kempski was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. After 93 minutes of play, Zgierskie Zlewy's Barnaba Bazylnikov made it 4-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marek Szostak was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the referee ended the match the Zgierskie Zlewy players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.