U18 League

Phantasy Arena
Spectators: 159 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Klement Ostrowski started the match with the kick off. In the 2nd minute, Phantasy World's Zygmunt Rukszcz ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Igor Koprowski. Igor Koprowski yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. After 5 minutes, Boguslaw Wojton mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ACR SA and the Phantasy World players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 5th minute, Boguslaw Wojton hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Jak Kaa took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 6th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Igor Koprowski. ACR SA's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Konrad Banan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Klement Ostrowski in the 7th minute of play. Przemyslaw Majewski charged in rather forcefully in the 8th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Przemyslaw Majewski the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 8 played minutes Phantasy World got a freekick which was hit by Przemyslaw Majewski. In the 10th minute, Przemyslaw Majewski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Konrad Banan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Klement Ostrowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. If Klement Ostrowski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Phantasy World getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Jak Kaa hit a great ball. In the 26th minute, Juliusz Rozanski made a precise shot to the right of Konrad Banan. Phantasy World's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Juliusz Rozanski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Konrad Banan having to interfere. Igor Koprowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zygmunt Rukszcz in the 32nd minute of play. With an all-out effort, Phantasy World's Igor Koprowski threw himself towards the right post 36 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Zygmunt Rukszcz, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Juliusz Rozanski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Konrad Banan having to interfere.

The wind increased when Iwan Marchefka made the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute, Iwan Marchefka made a precise shot to the right of Igor Koprowski. ACR SA's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. After 56 played minutes, Phantasy World's Jak Kaa shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Igor Koprowski came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Phantasy World reached it. Zygmunt Rukszcz took the ball and in the 57 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Igor Koprowski. Igor Koprowski dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. 60 minutes into the match, Iwan Marchefka notched a goal, 4-1, to the right of ACR SA's Igor Koprowski. Igor Koprowski was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Igor Koprowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leszek Zawacki in the 64th minute of play. Damazy Zawada hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. The supporters of ACR SA booed when Phantasy World was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Napoleon Kojder didn't get a good kick on the ball. Konrad Banan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zygmunt Molski in the 75th minute of the match. If Klement Ostrowski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 82 minutes into the match, ACR SA's goal looked a bit too open when Iwan Marchefka came free, but Igor Koprowski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Przemyslaw Majewski was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 86 minutes had been played. In the 87th match minute, Phantasy World was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Przemyslaw Majewski to maneuver through the defense. Igor Koprowski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Iwan Marchefka, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The Phantasy World support was delighted with a win in a match that could easily have ended differently.