U18 World League

Reinersdorf
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) Bogdan Noworolnik started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Emanuel Bergsten kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. After 10 minutes, Rafal Rudy mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Szczucin and the Gotham City players grew even worse after the yellow card. Max Hybbert charged in rather forcefully in the 12th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Max Hybbert the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of FC Szczucin booed when Gotham City was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Max Hybbert didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a little luck, Gotham City's Thor Haström got control of the ball when Bogdan Noworolnik tried to sneak it across the goal line. A collision led to FC Szczucin getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Hugon Dranka hit a great ball. Rafal Rudy hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. The supporters of FC Szczucin booed when Gotham City was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Max Hybbert didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to FC Szczucin getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Tanek Maciejewski hit a great ball. Miromir Cichocki showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ragnar Kjellbom, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ragnar Kjellbom to make the kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Eugeniusz Lerych during the 52nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to FC Szczucin getting a freekick after 52 minutes play. Eugeniusz Lerych hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, FC Szczucin's Tanek Maciejewski got a free kick in the 56th minute. In the 57th minute the ball was on its way in behind FC Szczucin's goalkeeper Miromir Cichocki, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bogdan Noworolnik in the 64th minute of play forced Gotham City's goalkeeper Thor Haström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 69 played minutes Gotham City got a freekick which was hit by Emanuel Bergsten. A collision led to Gotham City getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Joakim Månsson hit a great ball. 82 minutes into the match, Ragnar Kjellbom notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of FC Szczucin's Miromir Cichocki. Miromir Cichocki was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A collision led to FC Szczucin getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Mateusz Banach hit a great ball. Ragnar Kjellbom might have been able to make a better finish in the 85th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Miromir Cichocki. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ragnar Kjellbom ran back to his position shaking his head. The referee felt a red card was in order, 87 minutes into the game, when Hugon Dranka put in a rough tackle. 87 minutes into the game, one of FC Szczucin:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The FC Szczucin supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Gotham City's performance. The match ended with a win for Gotham City.