U18 World League

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Spectators: 8011 (Terracing: 6009, Seating: 1842, VIP seats: 160) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Damian Malewicki started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eberhard Romstedt in the 7th minute of play forced Galaxy Team U18's goalkeeper Lucjan Gierlach to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Leopold Glowacz's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Lucjan Gierlach read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 8th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sebastian Haas in the 10th minute of play forced Galaxy Team U18's goalkeeper Lucjan Gierlach to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 13 minutes of play, West Staines Massive's Leopold Glowacz made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lucjan Gierlach was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 22 minutes, Damian Malewicki made it 1-1 with a short kick to the right side. West Staines Massive's Patrick Oliver Veith tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 25th minute, Leopold Glowacz ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Lucjan Gierlach was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Kazimierz Lichucki's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Patrick Oliver Veith read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 29th minute of play. A collision led to Galaxy Team U18 getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Damian Malewicki hit a great ball. Damian Malewicki hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. In the 43rd minute Gordon Szczepanowski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lucjan Gierlach saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With 46 minutes on the clock, Wasyl Dubiel commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In the 47th match minute, Galaxy Team U18 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wasyl Dubiel to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Henning Prinz in the 48th minute of play forced Galaxy Team U18's goalkeeper Lucjan Gierlach to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Galaxy Team U18 players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. West Staines Massive were winning 1-2.

In the 56th minute, West Staines Massive's Gordon Szczepanowski dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-3. Lucjan Gierlach was a little too slow when Gordon Szczepanowski got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 69th minute. The score was now 1-4. Patrick Oliver Veith showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kazimierz Lichucki, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. Fryderyk Wolicki scored 2-4 in the 74th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Patrick Oliver Veith, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Gunther Wortmann had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to West Staines Massive getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Henning Prinz hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 87th minute, Kazimierz Lichucki managed to get in a good position for a shot. Galaxy Team U18's supporters rose to their feet, but Kazimierz Lichucki was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Patrick Oliver Veith breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 89th minute, Tomasz Fujara hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to West Staines Massive getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Peter Jüttner hit a great ball.