U23 World League

苏州奥体中心
Spectators: 7472 (Terracing: 5605, Seating: 1718, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Waclaw Rakowski got the match started through his kick off. Mark Ee received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Lucjan Polakowski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Afiq Hongyi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Waclaw Rakowski in the 6th minute of the match. If Mark Ee had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Afiq Hongyi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Waclaw Rakowski's shot from short distance in the 11th minute. 13 minutes into the match, Waclaw Rakowski notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Afiq Hongyi. Afiq Hongyi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Afiq Hongyi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Waclaw Rakowski in the 16th minute of play. Lucjan Polakowski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Mark Ee in the 19th minute. After 23 played minutes Agresywne Leniwce got a freekick which was hit by Krzysztof Ochylski. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Pankracy Skoroda during the 26th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Pankracy Skoroda hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. 29 minutes into the match, 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's goal looked a bit too open when Waclaw Rakowski came free, but Afiq Hongyi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mark Ee recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 31st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 42nd minute, Mark Ee managed to get in a good position for a shot. 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's supporters rose to their feet, but Mark Ee was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Lucjan Polakowski breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 47 minutes into the match, 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Jithu Vijiaratnam sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Lucjan Polakowski narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After the first half Agresywne Leniwce were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Mark Ee to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Waclaw Rakowski in the 56th minute of play forced 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's goalkeeper Afiq Hongyi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to 苏州觅香足球俱乐部 getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Bakar Choo hit a great ball. Afiq Hongyi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Waclaw Rakowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Krzysztof Ochylski fell near the penalty area in the 62nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Agresywne Leniwce's protests and gave Krzysztof Ochylski a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of 苏州觅香足球俱乐部 booed when Agresywne Leniwce was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Krzysztof Ochylski didn't get a good kick on the ball. Agresywne Leniwce's Krzysztof Ochylski got his second yellow card of the match in the 64th minute. The referee ordered Krzysztof Ochylski off the ground. After a rather tough play, Agresywne Leniwce's Krzysztof Ochylski got a free kick in the 65th minute. Lucjan Polakowski came out of the goal in the 75th minute to try and stop a shot by 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Mark Ee. But to his dismay, Mark Ee quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jithu Vijiaratnam in the 83rd minute of play forced Agresywne Leniwce's goalkeeper Lucjan Polakowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 90th match minute, Agresywne Leniwce was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dariusz Jaroszewicz to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, 苏州觅香足球俱乐部's Sean Yip got a free kick in the 93rd minute. Although 苏州觅香足球俱乐部 had been in control for most of the match, Agresywne Leniwce still came away with the win.