U23 World League

Elland Road
Spectators: 7705 (Terracing: 5780, Seating: 1772, VIP seats: 153) 5 minutes into the match, Leonardo Colombo dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Edmund Lenertej, 1-0. 9 minutes had been played when some careless play by Nightmare's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jurand Panikowski was slow to take the kick. During this time Leeds Kraków F.C.'s players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Leeds Kraków F.C.'s corner Jurand Panikowski fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Edmund Lenertej quite easily take care of the ball. Leonardo Colombo might have been able to make a better finish in the 14th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Edmund Lenertej. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Leonardo Colombo ran back to his position shaking his head. Leonardo Colombo had several of the Nightmare's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 16 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 2-0 score and a disappointed Edmund Lenertej as he didn't even see the shot coming. 19 minutes into the match, Nightmare's goal looked a bit too open when Leonardo Colombo came free, but Edmund Lenertej reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Edmund Lenertej showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jurand Panikowski in the 22nd minute of the match. Leeds Kraków F.C.'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Jurand Panikowski in the 23rd minute. Guy Grimault made in the 29th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Ronaldo 吴鹏. After 31 played minutes Nightmare got a freekick which was hit by Tang Han. In the 35th match minute, Nightmare was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zbigniew Jajecznica to maneuver through the defense. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Leonardo Colombo in the 36th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Edmund Lenertej saved Nightmare from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Witold Pryla in the 40th minute of play forced Leeds Kraków F.C.'s goalkeeper Julian Karaszkiewicz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Edmund Lenertej took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leonardo Colombo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 46 minutes of play, Nightmare's Aaron Chevalier made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Julian Karaszkiewicz was left in no man's land by his defense there! 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 3-2.

Marco Benitez kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. Leonardo Colombo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Edmund Lenertej tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 58 minutes into the match, Nightmare's goal looked a bit too open when Leonardo Colombo came free, but Edmund Lenertej reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Leonardo Colombo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match had gone on for 62 minutes, Leonardo Colombo put it in 4-2 from a short distance just to the right of Edmund Lenertej. Leonardo Colombo scored 5-2 in the 68th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Edmund Lenertej, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When the match had gone on for 75 minutes, Leonardo Colombo put it in 6-2 from a short distance just to the right of Edmund Lenertej. Nightmare's Tomas Aznaro was substituted for Taka Jachvadze. Edmund Lenertej made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leonardo Colombo in the 82nd minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Guy Grimault during the 90th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a defensive mix-up in Nightmare's zone, Marcin Rojewski stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Edmund Lenertej came out of the goal and Marcin Rojewski tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Witold Pryla recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 94th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. For all the effort they put into the match, the Nightmare players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Leeds Kraków F.C..