U23 World League

Torcida Arena
Spectators: 7574 (Terracing: 5682, Seating: 1741, VIP seats: 151) Garphyttan's Jesus Arce 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. Jakub Wieczorek didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bernt Nordmark went, in the 19th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Jan Kolbe scored 1-1 in the 30th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jörgen Gummeson, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 33rd minute Gwidon Gejda shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jörgen Gummeson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With his leg Jörgen Gummeson managed to avoid a goal in the 34thth minute, when Piast Leszczyny's Gwidon Gejda fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Jakub Wieczorek showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Karl-Åke Sandell, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. The supporters of Garphyttan booed when Piast Leszczyny was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Radoslaw Pawlak didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jakub Wieczorek showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Karl-Åke Sandell, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. The Piast Leszczyny fans' excitement grew in the 44th match minute when Piast Leszczyny's Jan Kolbe looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Gwidon Gejda stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Garphyttan's Jörgen Gummeson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Radoslaw Pawlak in the 51st minute of play. Jakub Wieczorek showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mats Askelöf, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. Jörgen Gummeson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jan Kolbe in the 56th minute of the match. In the 58th minute, Jesus Arce reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Jakub Wieczorek. The goal made the score 2-2. After 61 played minutes Garphyttan got a freekick which was hit by Karl-Åke Sandell. In the 65th minute, Garphyttan's Karl-Åke Sandell seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Karl-Åke Sandell the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Garphyttan protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Karl-Åke Sandell had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The referee gave Piast Leszczyny a penalty, 67 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Grzegorz Pozorski, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Garphyttan's Jörgen Gummeson. 3-2. Jakub Wieczorek made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jens-Ola Nordin in the 71st minute. The supporters of Piast Leszczyny booed when Garphyttan was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lennart Kinnman didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 74 played minutes, Piast Leszczyny's Grzegorz Pozorski shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Jörgen Gummeson 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 Piast Leszczyny reached it. Garphyttan's Jörgen Gummeson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gwidon Gejda in the 82nd minute of play. Jakub Wieczorek made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bernt Nordmark in the 85th minute. Bernt Nordmark received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Jakub Wieczorek tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jörgen Gummeson came out of the goal in the 89th minute to try and stop a shot by Piast Leszczyny's Jan Kolbe. But to his dismay, Jan Kolbe quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-2. Garphyttan's Jörgen Gummeson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gwidon Gejda in the 92nd minute of play. After 93 minutes of play, Garphyttan's Bernt Nordmark made it 4-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jakub Wieczorek was left in no man's land by his defense there!