U23 World League

Peter Westen Arena
Spectators: 7488 (Terracing: 5617, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) Emalia Olkusz's Aleksander Orlicki 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. Michal Michallek showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maël Négrel in the 7th minute of the match. 20 minutes into the match, Emalia Olkusz's goal looked a bit too open when Maël Négrel came free, but Michal Michallek reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Perthes United's Fabien Gury proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save Perthes United from getting a goal against them. In the 25th minute Gwendal Ayache shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Michal Michallek saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gwendal Ayache in the 25th minute of play forced Emalia Olkusz's goalkeeper Michal Michallek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 26th minute of the match Perthes United got a corner. Emalia Olkusz's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Constantin Badet ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Emalia Olkusz's goalie and right to Ange Folcher. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Emalia Olkusz's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Michal Michallek showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Maël Négrel, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Michal Orling recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 30th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Maël Négrel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 40 minutes into the match, Maël Négrel notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Emalia Olkusz's Michal Michallek. Michal Michallek was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Barnaba Kociniewski's late challenge caught a Perthes United's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Barnaba Kociniewski helped the player get up and apologised. After 45 played minutes Emalia Olkusz got a freekick which was hit by Barnaba Kociniewski. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Gwendal Ayache stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Élie Loiret fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Michal Michallek having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Emalia Olkusz's Barnaba Kociniewski got a free kick in the 54th minute. Maël Négrel did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-3 to the left of a surprised Michal Michallek 55 minutes into the match. When Gwendal Ayache came up free with the goalie in the 59th minute, the Perthes United 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 Gwendal Ayache couldn't finish the play. 66 minutes into the match, Maël Négrel had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Michal Michallek. Emalia Olkusz's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Maël Négrel was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. In the 70th minute, Thomas Blain hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Fabien Gury made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hieronim Marczyniec in the 72nd minute of play. In the 75th minute, Élie Loiret reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Michal Michallek. The goal made the score 0-5. In the 80th minute, Perthes United's Maël Négrel dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-6. In the 83rd minute, Gwendal Ayache 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. Emalia Olkusz's Michal Michallek proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save Emalia Olkusz from getting a goal against them. 90 minutes into the match, Aleksander Orlicki had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Fabien Gury. Perthes United's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Aleksander Orlicki was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-6. Perthes United's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.