U23 World League

Grusplan
Spectators: 7553 (Terracing: 5666, Seating: 1737, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Folke Flink took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a rather tough play, Mafia Koniaka's Emil Tusk got a free kick in the 2nd minute. Szymon Zecman made an important save on a dangerous shot by Vincent Pihlgren in the 8th minute. In the 9th minute Folke Flink shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Szymon Zecman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Szymon Zecman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arturo Sandoval, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 16 minutes into the match, Plan B's goal looked a bit too open when Filip Gierasik came free, but Örjan Andersson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eugeniusz Kostka in the 18th minute of play forced Plan B's goalkeeper Örjan Andersson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Emil Tusk recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 21st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 27th match minute, Plan B was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vincent Pihlgren to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vincent Pihlgren got free with Szymon Zecman in the 30th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 32 minutes of play, Plan B's Folke Flink made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Szymon Zecman was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 36th play minute Arturo Sandoval came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Szymon Zecman. 3-0. Szymon Zecman didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Arturo Sandoval went, in the 41st minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 4-0.

51 minutes into the match, Mafia Koniaka's goal looked a bit too open when Vincent Pihlgren came free, but Szymon Zecman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 53 minutes into the match, Arturo Sandoval had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Szymon Zecman. Mafia Koniaka's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Arturo Sandoval was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. In the 56th minute, Folke Flink ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Szymon Zecman was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-0. Szymon Zecman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arturo Sandoval in the 65th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Folke Flink in the 68th minute of play forced Mafia Koniaka's goalkeeper Szymon Zecman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mafia Koniaka's Szymon Zecman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Folke Flink in the 68th minute of play. In the 69th match minute, Plan B was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Michael Stipe to maneuver through the defense. Eugeniusz Kostka took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 70th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Örjan Andersson. Plan B's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 73 minutes into the match, Mafia Koniaka's goal looked a bit too open when Vincent Pihlgren came free, but Szymon Zecman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Szymon Zecman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vincent Pihlgren in the 75th minute of the match. Rafal Damaski's late challenge caught a Plan B's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rafal Damaski helped the player get up and apologised. Rafal Damaski hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. In the 79th minute, Folke Flink 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 79th minute, Eugeniusz Kostka hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 84th minute, Vincent Pihlgren ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Szymon Zecman was frozen by the shot and now it was 7-0. Szymon Zecman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vincent Pihlgren, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. If Vincent Pihlgren had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Plan B's Vincent Pihlgren got a free kick in the 93rd minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Mafia Koniaka's Filip Gierasik slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Örjan Andersson. That made the score 7-1 after 94 minutes of play. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Plan B fully deserved thier win.