U21 World League

MZ Gostyń
Spectators: 7488 (Terracing: 5617, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Leon Grondzki kicked off to start the match. Hieronim Kaczanka made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tadeusz Dziechciowski in the 4th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tadeusz Dziechciowski in the 5th minute of play forced Pretoria Gostyń's goalkeeper Hieronim Kaczanka to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 8 minutes into the match, Tadeusz Dziechciowski notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Pretoria Gostyń's Hieronim Kaczanka. Hieronim Kaczanka was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 11 minutes of play, Sakura Storm's Tadeusz Dziechciowski made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Hieronim Kaczanka was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Tadeusz Dziechciowski in the 16th minute of play forced Pretoria Gostyń's goalkeeper Hieronim Kaczanka to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 20 minutes into the game, Sakura Storm's Tadeusz Dziechciowski nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Hieronim Kaczanka made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-3. Pretoria Gostyń's Hieronim Kaczanka played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tadeusz Dziechciowski in the 23rd minute of play. Tadeusz Dziechciowski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Vinícius Juniors fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hieronim Kaczanka having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Zdzislaw Jandryca during the 27th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Zdzislaw Jandryca kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. Kacper Pryputnicki made in the 30th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Leon Grondzki. A collision led to Pretoria Gostyń getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Kacper Pryputnicki hit a great ball. Tadeusz Dziechciowski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hieronim Kaczanka having to interfere. The throw-in from Kacper Pryputnicki in the 36th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Sakura Storm's Sacit Selmi. Hieronim Kaczanka took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tadeusz Dziechciowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Severino Carriedo kicked well hit freekick during the 40th minute of the match. The supporters of Sakura Storm booed when Pretoria Gostyń was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pankracy Henryk didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marvelous Ronaldinho in the 45th minute of play forced Pretoria Gostyń's goalkeeper Hieronim Kaczanka to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pretoria Gostyń's Pankracy Henryk quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Erruki Sotes, made in the 47th minute of the game. Zsolt Hubina sent away a hard shot on goal in the 48th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The Pretoria Gostyń players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Sakura Storm were winning 0-3.

The crowd rose to their feet as Tadeusz Dziechciowski kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Hieronim Kaczanka. That made the score 0-4 in the 54 minute of play. After a rather tough play, Pretoria Gostyń's Zdzislaw Jandryca got a free kick in the 57th minute. 58 minutes in the game, Tadeusz Dziechciowski fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Hieronim Kaczanka having to interfere. Hieronim Kaczanka was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Tadeusz Dziechciowski showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-5 in the 66 minute of play. In the 70th minute Leon Grondzki shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zakir Novruzov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sakura Storm's Tadeusz Dziechciowski was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 76th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Sakura Storm's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Marvelous Ronaldinho in the 83rd minute. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Pretoria Gostyń's goalie and right to Sacit Selmi. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Pretoria Gostyń's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. 86 minutes into the match, Sakura Storm's Tadeusz Dziechciowski sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Hieronim Kaczanka narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Bartosz Majusiak hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. In the 91st match minute, Sakura Storm was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anthony Di Loreto to maneuver through the defense. Tadeusz Dziechciowski received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 97th minute. Hieronim Kaczanka tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the final whistle sounded Sakura Storm left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Pretoria Gostyń.