U23 World League

The Twelfth Raven
Spectators: 7462 (Terracing: 5597, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Gaston Bento took the kick off in the first half of the match. Christoffel Stocks in the 3rdth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Witomir Kossakowski, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. A collision led to Twelve Ravens getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Florentino Iztal hit a great ball. After 21 played minutes Soczewki Gliwice got a freekick which was hit by Marek Walec. Cezary Pacholewski kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. If Cuma Kartay had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Christoffel Stocks succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 26th playminute. Witomir Kossakowski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Christoffel Stocks in the 29th minute. The Twelve Ravens fans' excitement grew in the 32nd match minute when Twelve Ravens's Gaston Bento looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Witomir Kossakowski didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Twelve Ravens's Gaston Bento shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 3-0 in the ordered_time% minute. During the 43rd minute of the match Zbyszek Marchewka completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Zbyszek Marchewka a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Zbyszek Marchewka hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Soczewki Gliwice's Zygmunt Barniszke got a free kick in the 45th minute. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

The wind increased when Cezary Pacholewski made the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute, Gaston Bento made a precise shot to the right of Witomir Kossakowski. Soczewki Gliwice's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0. Witomir Kossakowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gaston Bento in the 70th minute of play. Witomir Kossakowski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christoffel Stocks in the 74th minute of the match. In the 75th minute Gaston Bento shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Witomir Kossakowski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gaston Bento in the 78th minute of play forced Soczewki Gliwice's goalkeeper Witomir Kossakowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Christoffel Stocks in the 79th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Witomir Kossakowski prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Christoffel Stocks in the 82nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Witomir Kossakowski saved Soczewki Gliwice from getting behind. 83 minutes into the game, Gaston Bento cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 6-0. Witomir Kossakowski was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Twelve Ravens had played much better football throughout.