U23 World League

The Zone
Spectators: 8043 (Terracing: 6033, Seating: 1850, VIP seats: 160) Galja Kraków's Boruc Rasiak started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Witold Zielinski struck a weak shot in the 4th minute. Adriano Tolin didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Galja Kraków. 5 minutes into the match, Galja Kraków's Sebastian Hodyl sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Adriano Tolin narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Galja Kraków's defense didn't have a chance, in the 10th minute, when Jamal Gläsel scored to the left of an out of position Jaroslaw Lichniak, making the score, 1-0. The audience was convinced that Boruc Rasiak's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Adriano Tolin was relentless in the 13th minute of the game. Sebastian Hodyl made a great header on Galja Kraków's corner, it was just that DJK Füchtel Vechta's Adriano Tolin managed to reach the ball for a save. 17 minutes into the match, Boruc Rasiak notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of DJK Füchtel Vechta's Adriano Tolin. Adriano Tolin was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The supporters of DJK Füchtel Vechta booed when Galja Kraków was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Radomil Golota didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dobromir Robev got free with Jaroslaw Lichniak in the 29th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 32nd minute Jamal Gläsel shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jaroslaw Lichniak saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Adriano Tolin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Boruc Rasiak in the 35th minute of play. Jaroslaw Lichniak made a fantastic save in the 36th minute, when Dobromir Robev sent off a good shot on target. Dobromir Robev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jaroslaw Lichniak having to interfere. Jaroslaw Lichniak was out of position in the 47 minute of play, and Dobromir Robev capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Dobromir Robev really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

The wind increased when Dobromir Robev made the kick off in the second half. DJK Füchtel Vechta's Adriano Tolin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sebastian Hodyl in the 56th minute of play. Boruc Rasiak kicked well hit freekick during the 59th minute of the match. Jamal Gläsel's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jaroslaw Lichniak read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 60th minute of play. After 63 played minutes Galja Kraków got a freekick which was hit by Slawomir Szpakowski. In the 76th minute, Dobromir Robev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Adriano Tolin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sebastian Hodyl in the 81st minute. Jaroslaw Lichniak took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ronnie Schmidberger, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 82ndth minute of the game Ronnie Schmidberger who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Galja Kraków's Jaroslaw Lichniak was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Adriano Tolin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Boruc Rasiak in the 86th minute of play. The supporters of Galja Kraków booed when DJK Füchtel Vechta was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dobromir Robev didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Boruc Rasiak in the 91st minute of play forced DJK Füchtel Vechta's goalkeeper Adriano Tolin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jaroslaw Lichniak came out of the goal in the 94th minute to try and stop a shot by DJK Füchtel Vechta's Dobromir Robev. But to his dismay, Dobromir Robev quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. Galja Kraków's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.