U23 World League

The Arena
Spectators: 7464 (Terracing: 5599, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Lech Babicki kicked off to start the match. Lech Babicki scored 0-1 in the 3rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Waut Goons, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lech Babicki in the 7th minute of play forced Sporting Mambo's goalkeeper Waut Goons to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Waut Goons came out of the goal in the 10th minute to try and stop a shot by WaHa TeaM's Sebastian Kiszkiel. But to his dismay, Sebastian Kiszkiel quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. In the 14th match minute, WaHa TeaM was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Olgierd Ogrodowicz to maneuver through the defense. When Matthieu Vincke came up free with the goalie in the 14th minute, the Sporting Mambo 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 Matthieu Vincke couldn't finish the play. Iwan Kieca hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. Gilbert Zawaski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pino Maerschalckx in the 20th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, WaHa TeaM's Zdzislaw Siembab got a free kick in the 21st minute. Harold Engelborgh could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 25th minute of the match, but Gilbert Zawaski made a huge save. WaHa TeaM's Gilbert Zawaski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pino Maerschalckx in the 33rd minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Iwan Kieca during the 40th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Iwan Kieca hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Harold Engelborgh was the one to do the kick off. Sporting Mambo's Pino Maerschalckx got a good chance for a goal in the 54th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 63rd minute, Yoachim Fondria ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gilbert Zawaski was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. After 67 played minutes WaHa TeaM got a freekick which was hit by Lech Babicki. In the 69th match minute, Sporting Mambo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Christoffel Weets to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, WaHa TeaM's Lech Babicki got a free kick in the 72nd minute. In the 75th match minute, Sporting Mambo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Christoffel Weets to maneuver through the defense. When Mikolaj Kieca fell near the penalty area in the 76th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored WaHa TeaM's protests and gave Mikolaj Kieca a yellow card for diving instead. Mikolaj Kieca kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. If Christoffel Weets had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Zdzislaw Siembab came up free with the goalie in the 94th minute, the WaHa TeaM 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 Zdzislaw Siembab couldn't finish the play. Sporting Mambo were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.