U21 World League

The Reds Arena
Spectators: 7831 (Terracing: 5874, Seating: 1801, VIP seats: 156) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Marcin Ciechanowicz took the kick off in the first half of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Damazy Praski got free with Yvan Poets in the 4th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The crowd rose to their feet as FC Rudzianka Szczecin's Damazy Praski slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Yvan Poets. That made the score 1-0 after 8 minutes of play. Damazy Praski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of FC Rudzianka Szczecin booed when All Stars Gent was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gery Latomme didn't get a good kick on the ball. With 15 minutes on the clock, Boguslaw Peszko commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. Brecht Van Beneden scored 1-1 in the 17th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Hieronim Tokarczyk, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to FC Rudzianka Szczecin getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Mariusz Niziolek hit a great ball. Brecht Van Beneden, 24 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. After 26 minutes of play, FC Rudzianka Szczecin's Antoni Sawicki made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Yvan Poets was left in no man's land by his defense there! Hieronim Tokarczyk showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jan Melkval in the 29th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Antoni Sawicki in the 32nd minute of play forced All Stars Gent's goalkeeper Yvan Poets to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Iwan Kiewra did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 3-1 to the left of a surprised Yvan Poets 33 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Antoni Sawicki's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Yvan Poets was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. 37 minutes into the game, FC Rudzianka Szczecin's Walery Komar nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Yvan Poets made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-1. Thanks to some nice moves Damazy Praski could shoot a difficult shot in the 40th minute, which Yvan Poets however easily saved by the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Brecht Van Beneden in the 43rd minute of play forced FC Rudzianka Szczecin's goalkeeper Hieronim Tokarczyk to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. All Stars Gent's Yvan Poets played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Iwan Kiewra in the 47th minute of play. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 4-1 at half-time.

After 54 played minutes FC Rudzianka Szczecin got a freekick which was hit by Antoni Sawicki. The supporters of All Stars Gent booed when FC Rudzianka Szczecin was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Antoni Sawicki didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 57 played minutes, All Stars Gent's Brecht Van Beneden shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Hieronim Tokarczyk 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 All Stars Gent reached it. In the 60th minute Damazy Praski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yvan Poets saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 64 minutes, Jeffery Luyten mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the All Stars Gent and the FC Rudzianka Szczecin players grew even worse after the yellow card. Jeffery Luyten hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. After 75 minutes of play All Stars Gent's Jeffery Luyten was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. In the 75th minute, Jeffery Luyten hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Hieronim Tokarczyk made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when David Dekeyser sent off a good shot on target. All Stars Gent's Yvan Poets played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Damazy Praski in the 82nd minute of play. After 90 played minutes All Stars Gent got a freekick which was hit by David Dekeyser. Yvan Poets showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Iwan Kiewra in the 93rd minute of the match. Yvan Poets made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Iwan Kiewra in the 95th minute of play. All Stars Gent's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.