U18 World League

Baie Arena of Orkan
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Radomir Fudalej kicked off to start the match. After a rather tough play, FC JaRo Team's Mikolaj Niedbalski got a free kick in the 2nd minute. The audience was convinced that Leandro Verga's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dawid Kocieniewski was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. Dawid Kocieniewski stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Leandro Verga's shot from short distance in the 7th minute. Dawid Kocieniewski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Leandro Verga, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Leandro Verga in the 11th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Dawid Kocieniewski prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 11thth minute of the game Leandro Verga who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC JaRo Team's Dawid Kocieniewski was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A collision led to FC JaRo Team getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Adam Paprotny hit a great ball. After 12 played minutes, RockCity F.C.'s Roque Olar shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Dawid Kocieniewski 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 RockCity F.C. reached it. In the 15th match minute, FC JaRo Team was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zbyszek Gierasik to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of RockCity F.C. booed when FC JaRo Team was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Emil Barys didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Leandro Verga had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 28th minute, Szymon Czajka hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mateo Carmenes, 29 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Dawid Kocieniewski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Leandro Verga went, in the 30th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. When the match had gone on for 35 minutes, Leandro Verga put it in 0-3 from a short distance just to the right of Dawid Kocieniewski. In the 38th minute Mikolaj Niedbalski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Inocencio Olaechea saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 40 minutes of play, RockCity F.C.'s Martin Roales made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dawid Kocieniewski was left in no man's land by his defense there! When RockCity F.C.'s Leandro Verga in the 45th minute got a chance for a shot 45th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye FC JaRo Team's goalie prevented a goal. Dawid Kocieniewski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leandro Verga in the 47th minute of the match. After the first half RockCity F.C. were leading 0-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Leandro Verga stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. RockCity F.C. were awarded a corner in the 52th minute after FC JaRo Team's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Mateo Carmenes took the corner. RockCity F.C.'s Mateo Carmenes was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Dawid Kocieniewski in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Emil Barys was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 54 minutes into the match. The referee gave RockCity F.C. a penalty, 55 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Mateo Carmenes, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of FC JaRo Team's Dawid Kocieniewski. 0-5. In the 69th minute, Martin Roales left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The RockCity F.C. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-7. Leandro Verga sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. From close distance Leandro Verga pressed in the 0-8 goal high up into nets stiches in the right cross 76 minutes into the game. Dawid Kocieniewski was out of position in the 82 minute of play, and Leandro Verga capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Leandro Verga really showed his touch with that goal: 0-9. Dawid Kocieniewski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Martin Roales, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to FC JaRo Team getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Bogumil Ryback hit a great ball. Roque Olar took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 95th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Dawid Kocieniewski. FC JaRo Team's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The supporters of RockCity F.C. booed when FC JaRo Team was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 96 match minutes in a wonderful position. Adam Paprotny didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 97th minute, Leandro Verga managed to get in a good position for a shot. RockCity F.C.'s supporters rose to their feet, but Leandro Verga was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dawid Kocieniewski breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. RockCity F.C. played a much better game than FC JaRo Team and deserved their victory. The FC JaRo Team players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.