U18 World League

Arena Prudente
Spectators: 7762 (Terracing: 5823, Seating: 1785, VIP seats: 154) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Luisinho Fernandez made the kick off which started today's match. Roch Wnukowski charged in rather forcefully in the 3rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Roch Wnukowski the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 3rd match minute, Hlonda Boyz was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Roch Wnukowski to maneuver through the defense. Edmundo Ramos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Waldemar Nowakowski having to interfere. A collision led to Hlonda Boyz getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Krzysztof Balonek hit a great ball. In the 11th minute, Napoleon Szkarpiak left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Hlonda Boyz fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Roch Budzyn scored 0-2 in the 17th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Thiago Couto, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Dobromir Lipinski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Thiago Couto stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Roch Budzyn's shot from short distance in the 22nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edmundo Ramos in the 25th minute of play forced Hlonda Boyz's goalkeeper Waldemar Nowakowski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Waldemar Nowakowski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luisinho Fernandez in the 30th minute of play. Luisinho Fernandez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Waldemar Nowakowski tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Waldemar Nowakowski didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 43rd minute, which inside left pole to 1-2. Guto Lucas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Waldemar Nowakowski having to interfere.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Roch Budzyn to make the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dobromir Lipinski got free with Thiago Couto in the 51st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The crowd rose to their feet as Roch Budzyn kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Thiago Couto. That made the score 1-3 in the 53 minute of play. Waldemar Nowakowski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Luisinho Fernandez went, in the 61st minute, to the upper right corner, 2-4 was the resulting score. Marian Bojanowski struck a weak shot in the 64th minute. Thiago Couto didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Hlonda Boyz. Dobromir Lipinski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Thiago Couto tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 69th minute, Luisinho Fernandez ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Waldemar Nowakowski was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-4. Luisinho Fernandez recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 73rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 78 minutes, Edmundo Ramos made it 4-4 with a short kick to the right side. Hlonda Boyz's Waldemar Nowakowski tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Luisinho Fernandez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 84th match minute, Grêmio Prudente was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edmundo Ramos to maneuver through the defense. Thiago Couto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roch Budzyn, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. In the 90th minute, Marian Bojanowski hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Grêmio Prudente's Thiago Couto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Roch Budzyn in the 92nd minute of play. A collision led to Grêmio Prudente getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Hélder Tinoco hit a great ball. The Hlonda Boyz players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Grêmio Prudente from taking control. The game ends in a draw.