U23 World League

Olimp
Spectators: 7733 (Terracing: 5801, Seating: 1778, VIP seats: 154) Christian Olofsson started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Piotr Gecionis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christian Olofsson in the 4th minute of the match. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Śląsk Bytom's goalie and right to Hu Zhen Di. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Śląsk Bytom's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. In the 7th match minute, Śląsk Bytom was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Iwan Soszka to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hjalmar Håkansson in the 10th minute of play forced Śląsk Bytom's goalkeeper Piotr Gecionis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Tymoteusz Kalinowski during the 11th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 11 played minutes Śląsk Bytom got a freekick which was hit by Tymoteusz Kalinowski. Piotr Gecionis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hu Zhen Di in the 13th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hjalmar Håkansson in the 15th minute of play forced Śląsk Bytom's goalkeeper Piotr Gecionis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Robin Bäckström took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Roch Betonowy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 24 minutes into the match, The Northmen Army's goal looked a bit too open when Roch Betonowy came free, but Robin Bäckström reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 27th minute, Roy Gustavsson got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Piotr Gecionis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hjalmar Håkansson, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christian Olofsson in the 34th minute of play forced Śląsk Bytom's goalkeeper Piotr Gecionis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 37th minute Hu Zhen Di shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Piotr Gecionis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Śląsk Bytom booed when The Northmen Army was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Igor Bozakov didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 47 played minutes Śląsk Bytom got a freekick which was hit by Olaf Wielowiejski. The supporters of Śląsk Bytom booed when The Northmen Army was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 48 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hjalmar Håkansson didn't get a good kick on the ball.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Maciek Hana made a kick off. In the 52nd match minute, Śląsk Bytom was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Iwan Soszka to maneuver through the defense. In the 55th minute, Christian Olofsson reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Piotr Gecionis. The goal made the score 0-1. Napoleon Wietrzychowski's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Robin Bäckström read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 61st minute of play. 62 minutes into the match, The Northmen Army's Hjalmar Håkansson sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Piotr Gecionis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The Northmen Army made a substitution. Teobald Polakowski replaced Christian Olofsson. 65 minutes had been played when some careless play by Śląsk Bytom's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Hjalmar Håkansson was slow to take the kick. During this time The Northmen Army's players had a chance to rest. Robin Bäckström stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Maciek Hana's shot from short distance in the 67th minute. Śląsk Bytom were awarded a corner in the 68th minute after The Northmen Army's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Napoleon Wietrzychowski took the corner. After taking down the ball on Śląsk Bytom's corner Napoleon Wietrzychowski fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Robin Bäckström quite easily take care of the ball. In the 73rd minute, Kiko Zimbo reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Piotr Gecionis. The goal made the score 0-2. In the 76th minute, Kiko Zimbo reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Piotr Gecionis. The goal made the score 0-3. A collision led to The Northmen Army getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Igor Bozakov hit a great ball. Kiko Zimbo kicked a quick shot right in front of the goal in the 86thth minute. Though ot was a great shot Śląsk Bytom's keeper Piotr Gecionis was sill able to block leaving the score board unchanged. After 88 minutes, Maciek Hana mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Śląsk Bytom and the The Northmen Army players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 90th minute, Teobald Polakowski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Piotr Gecionis was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. Sebastian Wacherhausen hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. Robin Bäckström stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Maciek Hana's shot from short distance in the 95th minute. The Northmen Army played a much better game than Śląsk Bytom and deserved their victory. The Śląsk Bytom players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.