U23 World League

A Gentle Touch Arena
Spectators: 7530 (Terracing: 5649, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 150) Polonia Łaziska's Eugeniusz Kochanowicz 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. 2 minutes into the match, Eleven Nation Army's Sven Uter sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Remigiusz Pisarczyk narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 4th minute Eleven Nation Army were awarded a corner. Sune Nilsson went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Sune Nilsson almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Polonia Łaziska's Remigiusz Pisarczyk did a great save. 7 minutes into the game, Eugeniusz Kochanowicz cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Marcus Svanér was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Remigiusz Pisarczyk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Karl-Magnus Spetz in the 11th minute of the match. Sven Uter who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 11thth minute tested the skills of Remigiusz Pisarczyk when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Karl-Magnus Spetz might have been able to make a better finish in the 14th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Remigiusz Pisarczyk. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Karl-Magnus Spetz ran back to his position shaking his head. When Sune Nilsson came up free with the goalie in the 17th minute, the Eleven Nation Army 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 Sune Nilsson couldn't finish the play. Sune Nilsson could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 19th minute of the match, but Remigiusz Pisarczyk made a huge save. A collision led to Polonia Łaziska getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Mateusz Fink hit a great ball. In the 21st play minute Sven Uter came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Remigiusz Pisarczyk. 2-1. Remigiusz Pisarczyk made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Karl-Magnus Spetz in the 24th minute of play. Remigiusz Pisarczyk made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sven Uter in the 36th minute. Boguslaw Brytka hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. Sven Uter scored 4-1 in the 37th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Remigiusz Pisarczyk, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 40th minute, Witold Olszewski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 41 minutes into the game, Sven Uter cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-1. Remigiusz Pisarczyk was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 45 minutes into the match, Sven Uter notched a goal, 6-1, to the right of Polonia Łaziska's Remigiusz Pisarczyk. Remigiusz Pisarczyk was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 6-1 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Karl-Magnus Spetz stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 54 minutes into the match, Eleven Nation Army's Karl-Magnus Spetz sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Remigiusz Pisarczyk narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 55th minute, Karl-Magnus Spetz got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 57th minute Karl-Magnus Spetz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Remigiusz Pisarczyk saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 58th minute, Karl-Magnus Spetz ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Remigiusz Pisarczyk was frozen by the shot and now it was 7-1. When the match had gone on for 62 minutes, Karl-Magnus Spetz put it in 8-1 from a short distance just to the right of Remigiusz Pisarczyk. 66 minutes into the match, Sven Uter had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Remigiusz Pisarczyk. Polonia Łaziska's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sven Uter was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 9-1. Witold Olszewski kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. When Eleven Nation Army's Sven Uter in the 77th minute got a chance for a shot 77th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Polonia Łaziska's goalie prevented a goal. Sven Uter scored 11-1 in the 79th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Remigiusz Pisarczyk, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 85thth minute of the game Sven Uter who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Polonia Łaziska's Remigiusz Pisarczyk was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Sven Uter in the 87th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Remigiusz Pisarczyk saved Polonia Łaziska from getting behind. Polonia Łaziska's Remigiusz Pisarczyk played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sven Uter in the 88th minute of play. Kaj Engström lost his temper 91 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 95th minute Sune Nilsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Remigiusz Pisarczyk saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Polonia Łaziska's zone, Karl-Magnus Spetz stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Remigiusz Pisarczyk came out of the goal and Karl-Magnus Spetz tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Remigiusz Pisarczyk took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Karl-Magnus Spetz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. There was no doubt that Eleven Nation Army were the better team. Eleven Nation Army's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.